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WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 1 USING CONTEXT CLUES
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What a tragedy that in her old age, this unfortunate woman should be ____ of all her loved ones.
deploy
dour
bereft
In the movie Avengers-Infinity War, Thanos ______ the power of the gauntlet to destroy half the world.
deploys
augments
gaped
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.
adulterated
dour
gaped
Many baseball players can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are _______
ambidextrous
gaped
bereft
As the magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, the entire audience _______ with amazement.
gaped
deployed
augmented
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.
adulterated
dour
augmented
People who immigrate to a new country have to have the _________ to succeed even when faced with social and economic challenges.
bereft
dour
fortitude
You can really __________ your base salary by working overtime.
deploy
augment
adulterate
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.
guise
bereft
fortitude
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.
guises
gibes
ambidextrous
Because the situation is changing so rapidly, any plans we make to deal with the emergency can be _______.
stolid
tentative
verbatim
The twigs (sticks) that were to be woven into the basket were soaked in water to make them more _______.
tentative
opulent
pliable
Why would someone who is usually so neat and tidy appear in public in such a/an __________state?
unkempt
pliable
opulent
We learned that beneath Tim's _____ exterior there was a sensitive and empathetic side to him.
opulent
stolid
unkempt
Because of my inexperience, I did not recognize his ____ attempts to undermine our employer's confidence in me.
insidious
opulent
reiterate
The ticking grew louder as the bomb squad ____ opened the package found in the abandoned storage unit.
warily
reiterate
intimation
The young prince, who preferred t-shirts and blue jeans, had to dress in the ____ robes designed for the coronation ceremony.
unkempt
opulent
stolid
I soon found out that my supposed friend had taken it upon himself to repeat ___ every word I said about Frieda's party.
pliable
verbatim
stolid
Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she received the news gave no _____ of her true feelings.
insidious
intimation
tentative
Every day, Mrs. Freeman ____ the fact that the Vocab Test will take place on Friday and that I should be prepared.
verbatim
warily
reiterated
