Level B Unit 3 Choosing the Right Word Answers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Even those who do not like New York must admit that it is a truly _ city, quite unlike any other in the world. | Unique |
| The American people must take action right now to deal with the problem of pollution that _ so large on our horizon. | Looms |
| You might make friends very easily, but if you continue to be so _, you aren’t going to keep them for so long. | Peevish |
| The _ of her reputation as of humanity has grown brighter with the years. | Luster |
| All of the students in Sandra’s advanced weaving class are making small rugs on their portable _. | Looms |
| Glenn has such a store of _ information in his head that we have nicknamed him “The Encyclopedia”! | Miscellaneous |
| It’s all right for us to disagree, but let’s argue about the facts only, without _ in name calling. | Indulging |
| “If you choose to play with fire”, I warned them,”you run the risk of _ your fingers.” | Singeing |
| Probably no _ in American history is so well known and beloved as Lincoln’s address on the battlefield of Gettysburg. | Oration |
| Neither threats nor force will _ me into doing something that in my heart I know is wrong. | Goad |
| Instead of _ about the misfortunes that have befallen you, why don’t you go out and do something to correct the situation. | Brooding |
| The man was not just “a little careless” in handling the club funds; he was _ dishonest! | Downright |
| It was really difficult to hear the speaker because of the steady _ of airplanes landing, taxiing, and taking off. | Drone |
| Each year the professional football season _ in the Super Bowl. | Culminates |
| Modern scientists often try to _ their ideas and theories by conducting extensive experiments in their laboratories. | Verify |
| This magazine is published not for a mass circulation but for a very small audience of highly _ people. | Literate |
| By Friday afternoon, all of us were _ for a relaxing, enjoyable weekend. | Hankering |
| I have my doubts about people who spend too much time telling the world how noble and _ they are. | Upright |
| The school board candidate delivered a stirring twenty – minute _ on her plans for lowering the district’s dropout rate. | Oration |
| An important _ of what is commonly called luck is the willingness to take chances when an opportunity arrives. | Constituent |
| The last thing I heard before falling asleep was the _ of their voices as they continued their endless discussion of politics. | Drone |
| In his many years of Congress, he has been _ mainly by a strong desire to help the underdogs in our society. | Underdogs |
| Anyone who strives to be _ in American literature should be familiar with the strange, mysterious tales of Edgar Allan Poe. | Literate |
| Though the colonies had long _ seethed with resentment at the British, the cauldron of their discontent did not boil over into rebellion until 1776. | Seethed |
| On a cold night, what I _ for most is a hot bowl of chicken soup. | Hanker |
Level B Unit 3 Completing The Sentence Answers
peevish
I’m normally fairly even-tempered, but I can become _____ and irritable when I’m tired or frustrated.
animated
The dull conversation became much more _____ when it turned to a subject in which we were all interested.
goad
Indian elephant keepers usually use a short wooden _____ to control and direct the movements of their huge charges.
miscellaneous
Those books that do not fit logically under any of the subjects indicated will be placed in a group labeled “_____”.
indulged
I don’t know which is worse – parents who are too strict with their children or parents who _____ them too much.
oration
The mayor will deliver her annual Forth of July _____ in City Square right after the parade.
loomed
When storm clouds _____ on the horizon, we hurried to find shelter.
verify
The man was the prime suspect in the crime until two eyewitnesses came forward to _____ his alibi.
unique
Larry has the _____ distinction of being the only student in our school ever to win varsity letters in four sports.
hankered
When I saw how handsome my father looked in his brand-new jacket, I _____ for one exactly like it.
seethes
Like some storm-tossed sea, her inventive brain _____ with all kinds of new and imaginative answers to old problems and questions.
drone
How pleasant it is for us city dwellers to smell the new-mown hay and listen to the _____ of bees in the clover patch!
culminated
The resentment of the American colonists against the harsh policies of the British government _____ in armed rebellion.
constituent
In every election, the candidates try to persuade their _____ that they know how to solve the problems and issues that most concern them.
brood
Like the traffic guard at a school crossing, the mother hen directed her large _____ across the yard toward a torn sack of feed.
upright
We put supports around the tree that had been partially uprooted by the storm, and it was soon standing _____ again.
downright
I believe in being careful, but Dan is _____ miserly when it comes to spending money
literate
Because of limited resources, only one half of the population of the underdeveloped nation is _____.
luster
The sunlight shining on her hair gave it an almost metallic _____.
singe
“You’re just supposed to _____ the meat,” I shouted at him in dismay, “not burn it to a crisp!”
Level B Unit 3 Synonyms and Antonyms Answers
animated
Syn- energetic, vigorous Ant- lifeless, dead, flat
brood
syn- ponder, meditate, worry, agonize
constituent
syn- element, component
culminate
syn- conclude, terminate ant- begin, initiate, kick off
downright
syn-total, out-and-out
drone
syn- bum, do-nothing, hum, buzz, purr ant- hard worker
goad
syn- prod, spur on ant- curb, check, restrain
hanker
syn- yearn
indulge
syn- oblige, humor, coddle, pamper ant- deny, refuse
literate
syn- educated ant- unlettered, ignorant
loom
syn- emerge, surface, hover, tower
luster
syn- gloss, sheen, shine ant- tarnish, dullness
miscellaneous
syn- varied, assorted, motley ant- identical, uniform, homogeneous
oration
syn- address
peevish
syn- crabby, testy, stubborn ant- agreeable, amiable, even-tempered, pleasant
seethe
syn- churn, simmer, stew
singe
syn- scorch, char ant- incinerate
unique
syn- unparalleled, distinctive ant- ordinary, commonplace, run-of-the-mill
upright
syn- perpendicular, virtuous ant- horizontal, dishonest, prone, corrupt
verify
syn- true, validate, substantiate ant- disprove, discredit
Level B Unit 3 Vocabulary in Context Answers
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- A
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