504 Essential words Lesson 1
a. Place on of the new words in each of the blanks below.
- As I looked at all the data the salesman showed me, I knew that I was getting more and more mixed up.
- I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
- When the guard saw that the cot was vacant, he realized that the prisoner had left the jail.
- Although he took an oath on the Bible, Sal lied to the jury.
- My aunt was so jealous of our new couch that she bought one just like it.
- I enjoyed reading the story of the gallant man who put his cloak over a mud puddle so that the queen would not dirty her feet.
- The loss of Claudia’s eyesight was a hardship which she learned to live with.
- The driver was forced to abandon his car when two of the tires became flat.
- Betty could not qualify for the Miss Teenage America Contest because she was twenty years old.
- The blade was so keen that I cut myself in four places while shaving.
- Unaccustomed to being kept waiting, the angry woman marched out of the store.
- Because he was a bachelor, the movie actor was invited to many parties.
b. From the list of 12 new words, choose the one that corresponds each definition below.
- a promise that something is true. oath
- sharp, eager, intense. keen
- to desert, to leave without planning to come back. abandon
- something that is hard to bear. hardship
- to become fit. qualify
- wanting what someone else had. jealous
- brave, showing respect for woman. gallant
- a man who has not married. bachelor
- facts, information. data
- the ability to say the right thing. tact
- empty, not filled. vacant
- not used to something. unaccustomed
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