Name: ______Date: ______

ELA 8 Period: ______

Vocabulary – Level C – Unit 4

“Choosing the Right Word”

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary word.

1.  Some people seem to have no ______about manipulating others to gain their own ends.

2.  I do not criticize people for trying to get ahead, but I ______any attempt to take unfair advantage of others.

3.  A lighthouse was built on the tip of the ______, where it served as a beacon for ships many miles away.

4.  “In that barren wasteland,” the explorer said, “we had great difficulty finding enough food to ______life.”

5.  It is now time for you to take your work seriously and to give up some of the ______activities of your earlier years.

6.  Her public statements became so embarrassing that club members tried to ______her from her presidency.

7.  When we heard about our teacher’s serious illness, we visited him daily in the hospital to ______his low morale.

8.  The two sisters are very different—one lively and fun loving, the other quiet and rather ______.

9.  If you feel like you have been cheated, your only ______is to make a complaint to the department of consumer affairs in your city.

10.  I will not allow a single act of carelessness to ______the results of years of hard work.

11.  When we tried to carry water from the well, we found to our dismay that the bottom of the old bucket was ______.

12.  Every able-bodied citizen will be ______into active military service to fight off the invading force.

13.  People who constantly ______about their weight or figure may develop serious eating disorders.

14.  The furnishings in their house are so ______that the place looks more like a museum than a family home.

15.  There I was—an utter ______in a group of famous and accomplished persons!

16.  Certain saltlike chemicals may effectively prevent the streets from icing up in winter, but the powdery ______they leave behind can damage footwear.

17.  You should ______the instructions with great care before you fill out your application for admission.

18.  She is the kind of ______teacher who aids and encourages her students in every which way she can.

19.  When my cousin returned home after his first year in college, he tried to impress us with his sophisticated and ______manner.

20.  Because the villagers have so few dealings with the outside world, they are ______to regard strangers with deep distrust.