Vocabulary Unit 1

 

Final quiz:

 Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, write only the word from this unit that best completes the sentence.

 

1. admonish           6. cumbersome          11. efface                     16. relinquish

2. breach                7. deadlock                12. muddle                   17. salvage

3. brigand              8. debris                 13. opinionated           18. spasmodic

4. circumspect        9. diffuse                    14. perennial                19. spurious

5. commandeer        10. dilemma                  15. predispose            20. unbridled

 

  1. How can you expect to succeed at your new job when you are (diffused, predisposed) to believe that it is “not right” for you?

 

  1. An economy in which the marketplace is considered “open” is one in which competition is more or less (muddled, unbridled.)

 

  1. My mother broke the (debris, deadlock) in the quarrel between my brother and me by saying that neither of us could use the car.

 

  1. Thus, the nation was faced with a (dilemma, brigand) in which either to advance or to retreat might endanger its vital interests.

 

  1. The senator refused to (efface, relinquish) the floor to any other speaker before he had finished his statement.

 

  1. For the very reason that we are  the most powerful nation in the world, we must be extremely (circumspect, opinionated) in our foreign policy.

 

  1. Developing nations in all parts of the world face the (perennial, spurious) problem of gaining a higher level of economic growth.

 

  1. The robber barons were a group of nineteenth-century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a (brigand, salvager) might use.

 

  1. Instead of trying to (admonish, commandeer) the support of the student body, we must earn it by showing our sincerity and ability.

 

  1. Our city government seems to have (breached, muddled) into a first-rate financial crisis.

 

  1. The evidence intended to show that some races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely (spurious, cumbersome).

 

  1. If only I could (predispose, efface) the memory of the look of shock and disappointment on my mother’s face.

 

  1. Like the rings a pebble makes in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by the speech (diffused, relinquished) through the crowd.

 

  1. Even her refusal to dance with him did not seem to make a (deadlock, breach) in his gigantic conceit.

 

  1. The organization of some government agencies is so (cumbersome, perennial) that it is all but impossible to know who is responsible for various activities.

 

  1. The dean (effaced, admonished) the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

 

  1. After the fire, investigators searched through the (debris, dilemma) for clues that might reveal the cause.

 

  1. Since she is so convinced that there is only one right way – her way – I find her too (circumspect, opinionated) for my liking.

 

  1. Is it too much to expect that I will be able to (commandeer, salvage) a few shreds, of self-respect from my humiliating failure?

 

  1. His attempts to rid his administration of inefficiency were so (unbridled, spasmodic) that he came to be called the “reformer by fits and starts.”