Wordly Wise Vocab Ch. 1

The Statue of Liberty is an easily recognized symbol around the world. Its most _______ feature is the torch of liberty held high over New York harbor.

• conspicuous

• immigrants

• poverty

• appealed

There is no bridge linking Liberty Island to the mainland. Visitors to the island must get there by ______.

• ferry

• conspicuous

• appeal

• eloquent

The torch is forty feet high and is the statue's highest point. It is ______ in Lady Liberty's raised right hand.

• clasped

• declares

• loftiest

• persecuted

The statue was a gift from the French people. It was their way of showing their ____ for the people of the United States.

• affection

• clasp

• exhibit

• pedestal

The French provided the statue. The Americans had to provide the granite ______ on which it stands.

• pedestal

• conspicuous

• ferry

• declare

A forty-foot section of the statue's right arm was sent first. It was _____ in Philadelphia in 1876 before traveling on to New York.

• exhibited

• contributed

• declared

• persecuted

Work on the statue was delayed because of lack of money. It was finally ______ by President Grover Cleveland on October 28, 1886.

• unveiled

• contributed

• appealed

• clasped

A New York newspaper asked its readers to support the drive to raise money. Those who ______ to the fund had their names printed in the newspaper.

• contributed

• clasped

• unveiled

• persecuted

The statue of Liberty stands 305 feet above ground level. When it was put in place in 1886, it was the _______ structure in New York City.

• loftiest

• poverty

• immigrants

• ferry

A bronze tablet at the base of the statue contains a poem by Emma Lazarus. It _____ that America welcomes visitors to its shore.

• declares

• affection

• conspicuous

• exhibited