Answer Key

Presenting – New Vocabulary Practice

Fill in the missing words. Choose one of the words below. Sometimes you need to put them in the right form.
  • ALIENATE
  • WANDER
  • TEMPTATION
  • VITAL
  • OVERDO
  • MAVERICK
  • DIM
  • SCOUR
  • CUFF
  • DISTRACT
  1. Anne  [overdid] the diet and became malnourished.
  2. They  [scoured] the countryside for the lost child, but they did not find her.
  3. Jane felt a strong  [temptation] and her will power weakened.
  4. The lights  [dimmed] and the curtain rose.
  5.  [vital] component of any democracy is a free labor movement.
  6.  [Maverick] leaders don't start with a business plan-they start with an original blueprint for where their business can and should be going.
  7. The presidential candidate made the remark off the  [cuff] .
  8. That hard rock music  [distracted] me from my homework.
  9. His attention  [wandered] as the speaker droned on.
  10. He has  [alienated] his entire family.