1. Vocabulary Practice
Unit i

2. Complete the sentence
Winter _____________ should be warm and cozy while summer attire should be cool
and light.
Compress
Dispatch
Apparel
Oafs

3. C. apparel

4. Complete the sentence
The editor ______________ my rambling 10-page mystery into a 5-page thriller.
Denounced
Compressed
Doused
Libeled

5. b. compressed

6. Complete the sentence
Most computer software is designed so that users can obtain almost ___________ responses.
Instantaneous
Inept
Receded
compressed

7. Instantaneous

8. What is the best antonym for the word underlined below.
My parents had misgivings about my going to the senior prom with Ralph.
Worry
Hesitation
Doubt
Assurance

9. d. Assurance

10. What is the best synonym for the underlined word.
We will dispatch a repair crew to fix your electricity right away.
Recall
Withhold
Send
resend

11. C. send

12. Choose the Best Antonym for the underlined word.
An instantaneous decision
Unreasonable
Expected
Honest
delayed

13. d. delayed

14. Choose the best Antonym for the underlined word.
He had misgivings about donating to the charity.
Misunderstandings
Caution
Reluctance
Assurance

15. d. Assurance

16. Choose the best antonym for the underlined word
I noticed his inept moves on the dance floor and knew he couldn’t dance.
Skillful
Bumbling
Indifferent
uncaring

17. a. Skillful

18. Choose the Best antonym for the underlined word.
I have concerns about the immense amount of homework that you were given.
Global
Small
Unexpected
Imaginary

19. b. small

20. Choose the best synonym for the underlined word.
He forgot to douse the coals after he finished cooking his steak.
Identify
Soak
Inquire
inspect

21. b. soak

22. Choose the best synonym for the underlined word.
The army prepared to besiege the village.
Warn
Supply
Honor
encircle

23. d. encircle

24. Which word fits the definition.
Totally without skill or appropriateness
Immense
Gainful
Famished
inept

25. d. inept

26. Which word fits the definition.
A big, clumsy, slow individual
Misgiving
Dispatch
Repast
oaf

27. d. oaf

28. definition
To write or publish a statement that falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made
Douse
Libel
Besiege
apparel

29. b. libel

30. Fill in the blank
The author had to work hard to _______ the wisdom of a lifetime into his half-hour speech.
Libel
Recede
Forsake
compress

31. d. compress

32. Fill in the blank
Every day when he arrived home from school, the healthy boy announced that he was _______________.
Famished
Gainful
Inept
instantaneous

33. a. famished

34. Fill in the blank
Furniture makers sometimes like to construct _________ secret drawers in their pieces, some of which are so cleverly hidden that the owners never know they exist.
Ingenious
Inept
Instantaneous
gainful

35. a. ingenious

36. Fill in the blank
During the dramatic ending of the play, the hero stands up, points his finger at the butler, and ___________ him as the real mastermind behind the crime.
Forsakes
Irks
Recedes
denounces

37. d. denounces