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Vocabulary Unit 4 - Completing the Sentences (20 Words)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best completes the sentence? Many teenagers want lawmakers to __________ the new law that you must be 18 to earn your driver's license.

a)

annul

b)

residue

c)

sustain

d)

obsess

2.

Which word best completes the sentence? Teenage girls love to _________ about boys, daydreaming about them all day.

a)

porous

b)

residue

c)

obsess

d)

sustain

3.

Which word best completes the sentence? The __________ sponge soaked up all the water in less than five seconds.

a)

annul

b)

obsess

c)

residue

d)

porous

4.

Which word best completes the sentence? The chalky __________ left over from the experiment smelled like rotten eggs.

a)

residue

b)

annul

c)

sustain

d)

obsess

5.

Which word best completes the sentence? Remember to wear safety glasses when working with power tools so that you don't __________ an injury to the eye.

a)

porous

b)

residue

c)

annul

d)

sustain

6.

Which word best completes the sentence? The children __________ brussel sprouts and refuse to eat them anytime they are served.

a)

annul

b)

deplore

c)

nonentity

d)

frivolous

7.

Which word best completes the sentence? Maria thought that BettyLou's obsession with clothes was __________ compared to the importance of getting into a good college.

a)

obsess

b)

frivolous

c)

prone

d)

porous

8.

Which word best completes the sentence? The actress was a complete __________ until she won an Oscar; now she is in five movies a year.

a)

qualm

b)

sustain

c)

residue

d)

nonentity

9.

Which word best completes the sentence? After tripping over the toys, the toddler's mother laid _________ on the ground while groaning in pain.

a)

prone

b)

deplore

c)

annul

d)

frivolous

10.

Which word best completes the sentence? The meteorologist had __________ about the forming storm in the Atlantic; he had a feeling it would develop into a category 5 hurrincance.

a)

obsess

b)

qualms

c)

porous

d)

nonentities

11.

Which word best completes the sentence? The huge bronze doors of the palace had been sculpted by a master, and the __________ panels gleamed in the sun.

a)

frivolous

b)

ornate

c)

blase

d)

solicitous

12.

Which word best completes the sentence? The reporters __________ all day about the impact of the damaging disclosures in their story, and whether they could forgive themselves if people were hurt.

a)

bolstered

b)

obsessed

c)

perused

d)

sustained

13.

Which word best completes the sentence? The inky __________ that comes to the top of a mash of recycled newspaper can be used as fuel to run the machines.

a)

qualm

b)

bolster

c)

muster

d)

residue

14.

Which word best completes the sentence? He is a rags-to-riches story: he was a total _________ until he won the starring role in the biggest blockbuster movie of the last 5 years.

a)

residue

b)

solicitous

c)

nonentity

d)

qualm

15.

Which word best completes the sentence? I __________ the old diary page by page, looking for a clue to where my great-grandfather had hidden the gold.

a)

bolstered

b)

ousted

c)

sustained

d)

perused

16.

Which word best completes the sentence? The club's treasurer was __________ after money was found to be missing and the advisor demanded his removal.

a)

mustered

b)

deplored

c)

ousted

d)

perused

17.

Which word best completes the sentence? If you are caught in an open field in a bad thunderstorm, lie __________, since lightning bolts tend to be attracted to solitary, upright objects.

a)

porous

b)

frivolous

c)

prone

d)

solicitous

18.

Which word best completes the sentence? In an effort to save some money, Julio is eliminating all __________ expenses, such as new clothes and sneakers, and spending his money only on essentials.

a)

blase

b)

frivolous

c)

ornate

d)

promontory

19.

Which word best completes the sentence? I tried to __________ up some energy, but it was hopeless; I crawled into bed and slept for 10 hours.

a)

bolster

b)

annul

c)

muster

d)

sustain

20.

Which word best completes the sentence? The lost ship's crew rejoiced to see the lighthouse on the rocky __________ that jutted far out from the shore.

a)

residue

b)

promontory

c)

nonentity

d)

staid