1) As I looked at all the ________ the salesman showed me, I knew that I was getting more and more mixed up.

2) I used ________ when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.

3) When the guard saw that the cot was ________, he realized that the prisoner had left the jail.

4) Although he took an ________ on the Bible, Sal lied to the jury.

5) My aunt was so ________ of our new couch that she bought one just like it.

6) I enjoyed reading the story of the ________ man who put his cloak over a mud puddle so that the queen would not dirty her feet.

7) The loss of Claudia’s eyesight was a ________ which she learned to live with.

8) The driver was forced to ________ his car when two of the tires became flat.

9) Betty could not ________ for the Miss Teenage America Contest because she was twenty years old.

10) The blade was so ________ that I cut myself in four places while shaving.

11) Match the words to their definitions.
1. keen   2. gallant   3. tact   4. unaccustomed

a. Not used to something
b. Sharp; eager; intense
c. Brave; showing respect for others
d. The ability to say the right thing

12) Match the words to their definitions.
1. abandon   2. hardship   3. bachelor   4. qualify

a. Something that is hard to bear
b. A man who has not married
c. To become fit; meet the necessary conditions
d. To desert; to leave without planning to come back

13) Match the words to their definitions.
1. oath   2. vacant   3. jealous   4. data

a. Facts; information
b. A promise that something is true
c. Wanting what someone else has
d. Empty; not filled

14) The professor had to ________ the research project due to lack of funding.

15) His ________ for details in art made him a great museum curator.

16) Without ________, it’s easy to offend someone when discussing sensitive topics.

17) After the storm, the beach was left completely ________, with no tourists in sight.

18) The detective’s ________ in gathering evidence led him to solve the case swiftly.

19) He swore a(n) ________ of loyalty to the organization, promising to uphold its values.

20) Match the word to its definition: “A sharp, eager, or intense quality.”