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Vocabulary Unit 1 USING CONTEXT CLUES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What a tragedy that in her old age, this unfortunate woman should be ____ of all her loved ones.

a)

deploy

b)

dour

c)

bereft

2.

In the movie Avengers-Infinity War, Thanos ______ the power of the gauntlet to destroy half the world.

a)

deploys

b)

augments

c)

gaped

3.

The ____ expression of the students' faces as they miserably filled the seats told the teacher that the students were not ready for school to start.

a)

adulterated

b)

dour

c)

gaped

4.

Many baseball players can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are _______

a)

ambidextrous

b)

gaped

c)

bereft

5.

As the magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, the entire audience _______ with amazement.

a)

gaped

b)

deployed

c)

augmented

6.

Officials who work for the Food and Drug Administration will test the purity of food products to see if the food has been _______ with unapproved chemicals or foreign substances.

a)

adulterated

b)

dour

c)

augmented

7.

People who immigrate to a new country have to have the _________ to succeed even when faced with social and economic challenges.

a)

bereft

b)

dour

c)

fortitude

8.

You can really __________ your base salary by working overtime.

a)

deploy

b)

augment

c)

adulterate

9.

Be careful of strangers who approach you under the ______ of a friend. They may actually be trying to take advantage of your situation in your time of despair.

a)

guise

b)

bereft

c)

fortitude

10.

Simon Biles the Olympic gymnast didn't let the ______ of mean and nasty internet trolls diminish her confidence when she knew that she really needed to take a break from the competition.

a)

guises

b)

gibes

c)

ambidextrous

11.

Because the situation is changing so rapidly, any plans we make to deal with the emergency can be _______.

a)

stolid

b)

tentative

c)

verbatim

12.

The twigs (sticks) that were to be woven into the basket were soaked in water to make them more _______.

a)

tentative

b)

opulent

c)

pliable

13.

Why would someone who is usually so neat and tidy appear in public in such a/an __________state?

a)

unkempt

b)

pliable

c)

opulent

14.

We learned that beneath Tim's _____ exterior there was a sensitive and empathetic side to him.

a)

opulent

b)

stolid

c)

unkempt

15.

Because of my inexperience, I did not recognize his ____ attempts to undermine our employer's confidence in me.

a)

insidious

b)

opulent

c)

reiterate

16.

The ticking grew louder as the bomb squad ____ opened the package found in the abandoned storage unit.

a)

warily

b)

reiterate

c)

intimation

17.

The young prince, who preferred t-shirts and blue jeans, had to dress in the ____ robes designed for the coronation ceremony.

a)

unkempt

b)

opulent

c)

stolid

18.

I soon found out that my supposed friend had taken it upon himself to repeat ___ every word I said about Frieda's party.

a)

pliable

b)

verbatim

c)

stolid

19.

Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she received the news gave no _____ of her true feelings.

a)

insidious

b)

intimation

c)

tentative

20.

Every day, Mrs. Freeman ____ the fact that the Vocab Test will take place on Friday and that I should be prepared.

a)

verbatim

b)

warily

c)

reiterated