Vocab Exercises

[Jessica]

I just want someone to check if the answers are right. Thanks!

The Unit 4 words (20 of them!!) are:
*abscond
*access
*anarchy
*arduous
*auspicious
*biased
*daunt
*disentangle
*fated
*hoodwink
*inanimate
*incinerate
*intrepid
*larceny
*pliant
*pompus
*precipice
*rectify
*reprieve
*revile

If you want to know the meaning of a word, or several words, tell me and I will give the definition separately

My exercises include Completing the sentence, Synonyms, Antonyms, Choosing the Right word, and Vocabulary in Context. I am fine with 3 of these, and the only ones I need checked are Completing the Sentence and Choosing the Right word.

COMPLETING THE SENTENCE - word I chose is underlined
1. With no government around to restore order, the small country remained in a state of anarchy for weeks after the revolution.
2. The treasurer who had __________ with the company's funds was quickly captured by alert federal agents.
3. Since I did not feel well prepared, the three-day postponement of final exams was a most welcome reprieve.
4. No matter how much protective legislation we pass, there will be probably always be gullible consumers for swindlers to __________.
5. Since I'm only an average linguist, mastering the irregular verbs in French was one of the most arduous tasks I have ever undertaken.
6. Though many people firmly believe that life-forms exist somewhere in outer space, everything that our astronauts have so far encountered has been decidedly inanimate.
7. The guardrail was reinforced to prevent cars from skidding over the edge of the precipice and falling into the abyss below.
8. The steak I'd accidentally left in the broiler too long wasn't just overdone; it was positively incinerated.
9. This master key will give you access to any of the rooms in the building.
10. The youths who had "borrowed" the car for joyriding were caught by the police and charged with larceny.
11. For someone who believes in astrology, what is fated to happen to a person is determined by the stars.
12. Since everything had gone so smoothly, we felt that the campaign to elect ELlen captain was off to a(n) ____________ beginning.
13. The audiotape had gotton so badly entwined in the machinery that I had a hard time disentagling it.
14. Without the slightest hesitation, intrepid firefighters will enter a blazing building to rescue anyone who may be trapped.
15. One of the most controversial figures of his time, the former president was revered by some and reviled by others.
16. The overly ornate style of many nineteenth-century writers seems rather forced and pompous to us today.
17. As soon as I discovered that the project was being mismanaged, I tried my best to rectify the situation.
18. Though somewhat massively built, the gymnast's body was as supple and pliant as a ballet dancer's.
19. It isn't logical to infer that the referee is biased against our team just because he makes a few calls against our players.
20. Her extraordinary faith in her own abilities enabled her to overcome many obstacles that would have daunted someone less confident.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT WORD - word I chose is underlined
1. Only by admitting your fault and trying to make up for it can you obtain a(n)(reprieve, access) from the pangs of conscience.
2. Although the hero and the heroine were parted by circumstance, I knew that they were (intrepid, fated) to meet again before the last commercial.
3. Though the dangers and uncertainties of westward passage to the Orient cowed many a brave sailor, they did not (rectify, daunt) Columbus.
4. There is a vast difference between democracy, under which everyone has duties and privileges, and (larceny, anarchy), under which no one has.
5. The team of accountants spent hours trying to locate and then to (rectify, incinerate) the error I had so carelessly made.
6. Like farmers separating the wheat from the chaff, the members of a jury must (disentangle, daunt) the truth from the evidence presented to them.
7. Spring, with its ever-renewing promise of life, is for me the most (arduous, auspicious) of seasons.
8. I feared that this lastest misfortune would drive him over the (precipice, access) and into a depression from which he would not recover.
9. Anyone who takes the writings of other people and presents them as his or her own is guilty of literary (larceny, anarchy).
10. Far from being useless, mathematics will give you (reprieve, access) to many fields of scientific study.
11. The voters may seem to be easily deceived, but in the long run they cannot be (disentangled, hoodwinked) by self-serving politicians.
12. His narrow education gave his a (biased, fated) view of cultures different from his own.
13. His speech and manners were so (auspicious, pompous) and stiff that he cut a somewhat ridiculous figure at our informal little get-together.
14. How can you accuse me of (absconding, reviling) with all your brilliant ideas when you have never had an original thought in your life!
15. Despite the threats made againts his life, the (arduous, intrepid) district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the corrupt official.
16. We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most (pompous, pliant) and receptive.
17. For most retired athletes, the comback trail is an (arduous, inanimate) one, and few ever get to the end of it.
18. Instead of recognizing that he caused his own failure, he continues to (revile, hoodwink) all the people who were "unfair" to him.
19. A great playwright's characters always seem to come alive; those of a third-rate stubbornly remain (pliant, inanimate).
20. When her eyes suddenly blazed with such fury, I felt that the heat of her glance would all but (bias, incinerate) me.

[Rusty]

In the first group, numbers 2, 4 and 12 need finished. You said you were fine with three of them, whatever that means. Are you stumped on these three? Only three possible answers remain, as you know.

In Choosing the Right Word, all the underscored words are correct. You failed to mark a choice of words on the first sentence, though.

[CrOtALiTo]

Jessica it's a lot homework, you have made two post before to this with more homework my questions is, if you need to do all that homework for tomorrow, I've seen, you do a lot homework every days, or you only are practicing your general knowledge.

[Jessica]

I figured out the missing 3 now.
2. The treasurer who had absconded with the company's funds was quickly captured by alert federal agents.
4. No matter how much protective legislation we pass, there will be probably always be gullible consumers for swindlers to hoodwink.
12. Since everything had gone so smoothly, we felt that the campaign to elect ELlen captain was off to a(n) auspicious beginning.

[sosia]

Today I have learned new english words

[CrOtALiTo]

Congratulation Sosia, you keep it up learning English.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Congratulations Sosia, you keep on learning English.

keep it up = siga así (this phrase stands alone; it's complete, nothing more is needed)
keep on + gerund = siga/continúe + gerundio

So, you can say:
Congratulations, keep it up! -or-
Congratulations, keep on ____-ing!

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by sosia

Today I have learned new english words

Good job! you are improving a lot in your English! Keep it up!