Choosing The Right Word Level C Unit 13

Most people know the story of Cinderella; a poor, mistreated ______ who marries a prince and lives happily ever after.

Your outstanding report card and teacher evaluations _____to the fact that when you apply yourself, you can be successful.

Many ad campaigns deliberately______ the superiority of a product over all of its competition.

The ______ of the construction project will provide hundreds of jobs for people over the next five years.

People who migrate from the suburbs to the city often find it difficult to ______ to the noise and crowded conditions.

Thinking it's no crime to borrow from the past, Elizabethan dramatists often ______ ancient writings for suitable plots.

In the opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth, there is a strong sense of ______ that something terrible is going to happen.

The police sometimes use laws against ______ to prevent the gathering of unruly crowds.

No matter how well qualified you may be, an inability to get on well with other people will prove a serious _____ in any field of work.

Mutual respect and understanding among all racial and ethic groups remains a _____ in the life of this nation

The _____ advice given by Ben Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac has rarely been equaled for it's good common sense.

Despite our own exhaustion, we made one final, _____ attempt to save the drowning swimmer, but our efforts were no avail.

Monday morning seems to be a favorite time for the employees to practice the fine art of _____.

I believe that it is _____ that we protect our lakes, rivers, and wetlands, as they provide us with clean drinking water.

"I did what I thought was best at the time," the president replied, "and I deeply resent their cowardly attempts to _____ my actions."

Ample food supplies in the United States _____ to the abilities of American farmers.

For a time, it was fashionable for supermodels to look like _____, but that undernourished look has lost its appeal.

To ____ now, at the very threshold of victory, would mean that all our earlier struggles and sacrifices had been in vain.

When she learned that she had not been chosen for the job, she made a ____ joke, but this did not conceal her deep disappointment.

His ____ attitude toward those he considered "beneath him" was a sure sign of lack of breeding and simple good manners.

The director told him to smile like a "dashing man about town", but all he could do was ____ like a confused freshman.

Political leaders should feel free to change their minds on specific issues while remaining ____ in their support of principles.

Hordes of savage barbarians swept into the province, committing one ____ after another on the defenseless population.

The temperaments of the partners in the business ____ so well that they can work together on the slightest friction or conflict.

Dexter, our beagle, looks so ____ when we leave him behind.