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
- Anne [overdid] the diet and became malnourished.
- They [scoured] the countryside for the lost child, but they did not find her.
- Jane felt a strong [temptation] and her will power weakened.
- The lights [dimmed] and the curtain rose.
- A [vital] component of any democracy is a free labor movement.
- [Maverick] leaders don't start with a business plan-they start with an original blueprint for where their business can and should be going.
- The presidential candidate made the remark off the [cuff] .
- That hard rock music [distracted] me from my homework.
- His attention [wandered] as the speaker droned on.
- He has [alienated] his entire family.