Answer Key
Stress – New Vocabulary Practice
Fill in the missing words. Choose one of the words below. Sometimes you need to put them in the right form.
- INSIDIOUS
- MUFFLE
- UNDERMINE
- OBSTRUCT
- LACK
- RESOURCE
- OBVIOUS
- DISTRACT
- EMPHASIZE
- COMBAT
- Their daughter died of that [insidious] disease when she was only 7.
- The bandits used a towel to [muffle] his cries.
- Susan [lacked] the courage to tell her boss the truth. She told him many lies.
- The residents of the town tried to [combat] the government's plans to build a motorway.
- The road was [obstructed] by a fallen tree.
- We have used up all our [resources] .
- Constant hard work [undermined] his health. In the end, he needed psychiatric help.
- At the last meeting, our boss [emphasized] the importance of working hard.
- He was constantly being [distracted] from his work by the noisy conversation of his colleagues.
- It was [obvious] that she was ill.