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Unit 4 Sentences
Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4 Sentence Practice
| Sentence | Answer |
|---|---|
| Few things are more __ ( ) or intimidating than having to speak in front of a large crowd. | daunting (adj) |
| Although the hero and the heroine were parted by circumstance, I knew that they were ___ ( ) to meet again before the last commercial break. | fated (verb) |
| We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most ___ ( ) and receptive. | pliant (adj) |
| For most retired athletes, the comeback trail is an ____ ( ) one, requiring incredible effort, and few ever reach the end of it. | arduous (adj) |
| The police caught the youths who had “borrowed” the fleet of Mercedes for joyriding and justly charged them with grand _____ ( ). | larceny (noun) |
| A great playwright’s characters always seem to come alive on stage, but those of a third-rate hack stubbornly remain ____ ( ) and spiritless. | inanimate (adj) |
| Despite the threats made against his life, the ______ ( ) district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the Brooklyn Mafia capo. | intrepid (adj) |
| The thieves who ____ ( ) with several of the museum’s most valuable paintings have never been found. | absconded (verb) |
| The senators debated a series of measures designed to _____ ( ) the nation’s trade imbalance. | rectify (inf) |
| Since all had gone smoothly, we felt that the campaign to elect Ellen Dee as congresswoman in our district was off to an ____ ( ) beginning. | auspicious (adj) |
| One of the most controversial political figures of his time, Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, is revered by some and ______ ( ) by others. | reviled (verb) |
| No matter the amount of protective legislation we pass, there will probably always to gullible consumers for swindlers to ____ ( ). | hoodwink (verb) |
| Good bloodlines, a full purse, and a proper upbringing give many _____ ( ) to some of the swankiest clubs in the nation. | access (noun) |
| An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable limb that could serve as an ancient _____ ( ) for a modern precision tool. | prototype (noun) |
| In 1989, conservationist Richard Leakey convinced Kenya’s president to kick off a vigorous anti-poaching campaign with a public ______ ( ) of a twelve-ton pile of elephant tusks. | incineration (noun) |
| Are the majestic elephants destined to suffer extinction, or can well-designed conservation programs afford them a ______ ( )? | reprieve (noun) |
| Elephants are highly social creatures, living in herds under the leadership of a matriarch, and without the coordination this female provides, ______ ( ) might prevail in the herd. | anarchy (noun) |
| Tyrion is a _____ ( ) idiot, who insists he knows everything but in fact knows almost nothing. | pompous (adj) |
| It has proved especially difficult to _____ ( ) the complex issues surrounding poaching and the ivory trade, a practice that puts all elephants at risk. | disentangle (inf) |
| The conditions in the New World in the 1700’s were dangerously ripe for ___ ( ); the people had rebellion on their minds and eventually fought for their independence. | anarchy (noun) |
| Fewer than two hours past, Governor Clipper granted him a stay of execution; the convicted felon was grateful for the __ ( ). | reprieve (noun) |
| As a child, we ___ ( ) our trash in a barrel in the back yard, but after a few years, the municipality forbade this practice of reducing trash to ashes. | incinerated (verb) |
| The engineer fashioned a ____ ( ) of the weapon and then carried it around to all the defense departments in the Western world to see if anyone was interested in adopting it as a new form of weaponry. | prototype (noun) |
| After jumping onto the football field in their underwear and dancing a victory jog, the three overly enthusiastic fans were denied ___ ( ) to the stadium for the next ten games. | access (noun) |
| Ask any con-man, and he will tell you that the easiest way to __ ( ) a victim is to make him think that he is actually deceiving you. | hoodwink (inf) |
| After all was said and done, it was often difficult to ____ ( ) fact from fiction; Tom’s twisted tales were often a good measure of truth and untruth. | disentangle (inf) |
| It was not a particularly ___ ( ) start for the new Ford Taurus; the cars were not selling well, and the news reports would not stop focusing on the lack of profits for the company. | auspicious (adj) |
| Perry is willing to do just about anything to __ ( ) the situation with his estranged grandfather; before his father died, Perry promised him that he would resolve the differences with Grandpa Murphy. | rectify (inf) |
| As it often happens in politics, Nixon was eventually ___ ( ) by the party that he helped to lead. | reviled (verb) |
| The Backstreet Gang was incensed as the one they entrusted with their stolen goods __ ( ) never to be heard from again. | absconded (verb) |
| Henry was a ______ ( ), irritatingly grand, fellow who annoyed everyone and made himself welcome in all the groups around the university. | pompous (adj) |
| Our __ ( ) leader encouraged us to forge ahead; he fearlessly dashed through the open fields of wheat and dove for cover on the other side before the enemy knew what had happened. | intrepid (adj) |
| The amazing Rocky Mountain goat scaled the rock cliff, reaching the ___ ( ) without a misstep. | precipice (noun) |
| When I came upon the body, there were no signs of life; he was completely __ ( ), and it was difficult to see if he was breathing. | inanimate (adj) |
| I checked his police record and found that he has multiple unpaid parking tickets and two counts of ___ ( ) for grand theft auto. | larceny (noun) |
| Jack made the ___ ( ) journey every week over the mountain and through the dale to visit his old grandmother, who lived alone on the other side of the mountain, totally devoid of daily human contact. | arduous (adj) |
| He massaged the hide with cocoa butter until it was supple and __ ( ), finally turning it into a soft and high-grade piece of leather for his next fashion creation. | pliant (adj) |
| It was cruel twist of __ ( ); she became the victim of a crime that she worked so hard to prevent. | fate (noun) |
| When her sister died in a car crash, Alexis was faced with the __ ( ) task of raising her five boys; she had no parental experience and had little means to support them. | daunting (adj) |
| During the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, the world hovered on the ___ ( ) of nuclear war. | precipice (noun) |
| Throughout history, humans have admired elephants for their strength, their intelligence, and their courageous ___ ( ) behavior. | intrepid (adj) |
| Asian elephants have been trained to perform the most __ ( ) tasks, such as carrying heavy loads and patrolling protected forests over rough terrain. | arduous (adj) |
| Asian elephants have proved more ___ ( ) than the African species, responding to more than thirty vocal commands from their handlers. | pliant (adj) |
| Without the coordination that the senior female matriarch provides, __ ( ) might prevail in a herd. | anarchy (n) |
| To ensure __ ( ) to water and to keep the herd together, elephants communicate, using infrasound—deep rumbles inaudible to the human ear. | access (n) |
| An elephant’s trunk is a remarkable limb that could serve as an ancient __ ( ) for a modern precision tool. | prototype (n) |
| Poachers employ a variety of brutal methods to kill a wild elephant; they then slash off the animals’ tusks for the illegal ivory trade and ___ ( ) with their loot, a clear-cut case of __ ( ). | abscond (v) and larceny (n) |
| It has proved especially difficult to __ ( ) the complex issues surrounding poaching and the ivory trade. | disentangle (inf) |
| Advocates of tough antipoaching laws argue that only severe penalties will __ ( ) the situation and ease the threat to Asian elephants. | rectify (v) |
| It is fortunate that in India elephants have an __ ( ) reputation; as a matter of fact, in 1992 it established Project Elephant, a national agency to protect the elephant. | auspicious (adj) |
| Certain countries in Africa complain that they have too many elephants and have devised an elephant culling campaign to reduce the herds; naturally, these programs are ___ ( ) as cruel by many conservationists. | reviled (v) |
| Many conservationists warn that elephants are teetering on a __ ( ) that could lead to extinction. | precipice (n) |
| It is possible that a well-designed conservation systems could offer elephants a ___ ( ) from such a bleak future, a future of extinction. | reprieve (n) |
| In 1989, conservationist Richard Leaky convinced the government of Kenya to kick off a vigorous antipoaching campaign; he ___ ( ) a twelve-ton pile of ivory tusks; the pile was twenty-feet high and was worth $3,000,000. | incinerated (v) |
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