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Unit 12 Vocab - Completing Sentences - 20 words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The _____ for women's right to vote lasted for more than 70 years.

a)

pivotal

b)

crusade

c)

recipient

d)

deface

2.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The principal threatened to expel any student who _____ school property.

a)

nauseates

b)

pivotal

c)

defaces

d)

recipient

3.

Which word best completes the sentence?

Eric's terrible driving around the curvy mountainside _____ Joy to the point he had to pull over so she could vomit.

a)

crusade

b)

defaced

c)

pivotal

d)

nauseated

4.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The eye witness's testimony proved to be the _____ point of the case leading to a guilty verdict.

a)

pivotal

b)

recipient

c)

crusade

d)

deface

5.

Which word best completes the sentence?

Dr. Seuss was the _____ of a special Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to the education and entertainment of America's children.

a)

nauseate

b)

recipient

c)

pivotal

d)

crusade

6.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The battery acid was so _____ that it ate away at the floor and left a gapping hole through which you could see the road.

a)

fallacy

b)

nauseate

c)

ruse

d)

caustic

7.

Which word best completes the sentence?

For many years the United States and Cuba had a trade _____; Cuba could not send products to the U.S. nor could they receive products from the U.S.

a)

embargo

b)

ruse

c)

recipient

d)

crusade

8.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The _____ that the Earth was flat was disproved when the Spanish sailed around the world.

a)

caustic

b)

fallacy

c)

crusade

d)

teem

9.

Which word best completes the sentence?

Billy Bob set up an elaborate _____ in order to surprise his wife Jenny with a birthday party.

a)

teem

b)

crusade

c)

ruse

d)

recipient

10.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The wildlife preserve stocked the stream with trout in hopes that it would be _____ with fish in time for the tourist fishing season.

a)

defacing

b)

nauseating

c)

caustic

d)

teeming

11.

Which word best completes the sentence?

In the fairytale "Sleeping Beauty," fairies _____ gifts of beauty and grace upon the infant princess.

a)

embargo

b)

bestow

c)

crusade

d)

teem

12.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The TV host uses _____ to make fun of people who have been in the news.

a)

tenet

b)

embargo

c)

levity

d)

deface

13.

Which word best completes the sentence?

One of the basic _____ of a good boss is that employees should be rewarded for their good work.

a)

ruses

b)

fallacies

c)

levities

d)

tenets

14.

Which word best completes the sentence?

As a teenager, Jimbob had such a _____ appetite that thirty minutes after eating a large dinner, he would be looking in the refrigerator for more to eat.

a)

caustic

b)

voracious

c)

pivotal

d)

teeming

15.

Which word best completes the sentence?

Milk cows are _____ and will follow the farmer into the barn without much force.

a)

tractable

b)

caustic

c)

pivotal

d)

voracious

16.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The Duke of Windsor _____ the English throne, deciding his love for a poor girl was more important than his duty.

a)

crusaded

b)

defaced

c)

teemed

d)

abdicated

17.

Which word best completes the sentence?

In New York City, a _____ apartment is extremely expensive because of all the extra space.

a)

capacious

b)

mendicant

c)

tractable

d)

caustic

18.

Which word best completes the sentence?

My grandfather lived a _____ existence after illness forced him to rely on the kindness of relatives to survive.

a)

caustic

b)

mendicant

c)

tractable

d)

voracious

19.

Which word best completes the sentence?

Pure oxygen can often _____ the effects of breathing in poisonous gas.

a)

teem

b)

abdicate

c)

negate

d)

crusade

20.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The freshman quarterback began the season as an _____ recruit, but by the last game, he performed like a professional athlete.

a)

recipient

b)

caustic

c)

voracious

d)

ungainly