Jacomino: Vocab Unit 5- Excercises 1-4

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Was this lovely figure before me a dream, a(n) __________, or a human being? Apparition/Diaphanous/Aspects/Perspicacious/Epiphany

Apparition

Several __________ of the current financial crisis are misunderstood by the majority of the population. Apparition/Diaphanous/Aspects/Perspicacious/Epiphany

Aspects

Even an in-depth __________ of the architect's designs could not examine every __________ of her work. A. visage; apparition B. retrospective; aspect C. phenomenon; aspect D. epiphany; visage

B

In his half-awake state, the young boy wondered if the ghostly __________ in the __________robe was real. A. phenomenon; introspective B. introspective; aspect C. apparition; diaphanous D. perspicacious; phenomenon

C

The captain's blank __________ gave no indication that he was capable of such __________ decisions. A. apparition; retrospective B. sycophant; diaphanous C. visage; perspicacious D. phenomenon; introspective

C

Exercise 3

Choose the set of words that best completes the sentence.

Exercise 4

Complete the sentence by drawing an inference about the italicized word from its context.

Excercise 1

Complete the sentence in a way that shows you understand the meaning of the italicized vocabulary word.

Even in his wildest dreams, shy and __________ Darryl could not __________ his future as a Hollywood megastar. A. diaphanous; envisage B. epiphany; visage C. phenomenon; aspect D. introspective; envisage

D

The geologist, working late into the night, suddenly had a(n) __________ about a(n) __________ that he had never before understood. A. apparition; epiphany B. phenomenon; visage C. epiphany; visage D. epiphany; phenomenon

D

Lilah's __________ evening dress was thought by some to be too slinky and revealing. Retrospective/Diaphanous/Epiphany/Visage/Phenomenon

Diaphanous

The city council does not __________ making any changes to the existing law Introspective/Envisage/Sycophant

Envisage

Suddenly, Rachel was struck by a(n) __________ about why we lost the game. Apparition/Diaphanous/Aspects/Perspicacious/Epiphany

Epiphany

Exercise 2

Fill in the blank with the best word from the choices below. One word will not be used.

George was __________ by nature and would spend hours alone, lost in thought. Introspective/Envisage/Sycophant

Introspective

Ashley believes that saving every penny is __________, because it will protect her from hard times in the future. Apparition/Diaphanous/Aspects/Perspicacious/Epiphany

Perspicacious

One __________ that has repeated itself is the revolt of young people against their parents' music. Retrospective/Diaphanous/Epiphany/Visage/Phenomenon

Phenomenon

The exhibit takes us on a __________ journey through all the films made by the director in the past thirty years. Retrospective/Diaphanous/Epiphany/Visage/Phenomenon

Retrospective

King William's __________ was peaceful in death, it also bore the lines of many years of worry. Retrospective/Diaphanous/Epiphany/Visage/Phenomenon

Visage

Bernard's PERSPICACIOUS handling of his client's trial earned him a reputation as...

...a good employee.

When one of the king's assistants is despised for being a SYCOPHANT, the assistant probably does things like...

...always praising the king.

The new collection of works by the author is RETROSPECTIVE, intended to...

...analyze her previous work.

The appearance of a comet is a PHENOMENON that can be...

...breath-taking.

The DIAPHANOUS scarf falling over my thick, bulky army coat seemed...

...flimsy.

The sunken, wasted VISAGE of the starved shipwreck victim made us feel...

...heart-broken.

If Leo says that Beth should look at every ASPECT of a situation, he probably thinks that Beth should not...

...jump to conclusions.

Debbie accuse Ruben of being a SYCOPHANT because he...

...never disagreed with her.

When Kaylee had an EPIPHANY about a difficult math problem she had been working on, she...

...quickly wrote the correct answer.

Because we could not tell whether the figure was a human being or an APPARITION, we...

...ran in the other direction.

You can tell that Bailey is in an INTROSPECTIVE mood when he...

...starts asking deep questions about life.

If Horace makes many PERSPICACIOUS decisions as the manager of a business, the business will probably...

...succeed.

One ASPECT of the current educational system that students feel strongly about is...

...the assigning of homework.

Michelle devised a way to solve the math problem by first...

...writing the necessary formulas.


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