Vocab Workshop - Level B - Unit 13 - Completing the Sentence

Can you imagine my _______ when I was told I would have to take over the lead role in the play immediately, with no rehearsals!

agitation

Statements ______ out in anger may often be regretted for a long time afterward.

blurted

Educators report that there is a vast difference between a child's mental age and his or her ________ age.

chronological

With no money coming in and my daily expenses continuing to mount, my savings have ________ at an alarming rate.

diminished

The audience was _____ not only the lovely voice of the soprano but also by her youthful good looks.

enchanted

Instead of moving steadily upwards or steadily downwards, the price of oil has been ________ all year.

fluctuating

How can you _______ such rude behavior in a young child!

foster

She was very fortunate to have had talented and sympathetic teachers who ________ her career.

fostered

Even though I need a job badly, I still have my self-respect, and I am not going to ______ just to get work.

grovel

"When I was living in the Australian outback, I learned many curious skills and ________ from the local people," the explorer said.

handicrafts

The waves of laughter from the audience indicated that those around me found the clown's antics as _______ as I did.

hilarious

The pilot light of the stove will automatically _______ the burner when the handle is turned to the "on" position.

ignite

The number and the ______ of the problems faced by the President of the United States are almost beyond our imagination.

magnitude

All of a sudden, from out of the fog loomed a(n) _______ ocean liner bearing down on our small boat.

massive

The two little girls playing house fussed over their dolls with all the _______ attention that their own mothers bestowed on them.

maternal

We had hoped to have a wonderful time at the party, but the sad news of the principal's accident cast a(n) _______ over the gathering.

pall

We will donate the proceeds of the cake sale to any ________ charity you may select.

reputable

Our study of American history has taught us to _______ the great men and women who founded this nation.

revere

In the ________ of Eric the Red, there is a very interesting account of the Norse discovery of North American in A.D. 1000.

saga

His attitudes are so incredibly ______ and hidebound that they would have been considered old-fashioned 100 years ago!

stodgy