Language Live: Level 2 Unit 3 Content Mastery Vocabulary

Last evening, I tried the machine—my most prized _______________—as I always do, and, as usual, it didn’t work

• peculiar

• possession

• indicated

• regulations

After an _______________ of five minutes

• interval

• deny

• ornery

• abruptly

I ____________________ all my mental energies on success

• dependable

• faltered

• concentrated

• hesitated

After a moment’s _______________, its motor and gears sprang

• hesitation

• abruptly

• possession

• interval

Its motor and gears sprang _______________ to life!

• peculiar

• possession

• abruptly

• deny

I had expected the _______________ old machine to creak and complain like a grouchy old man.

• ornery

• dependable

• interval

• concentrated

Instead, without _______________, it whirred and purred in the most peculiar way

• abruptly

• concentrated

• ornery

• faltering

Instead, without faltering, it whirred and purred in the most _______________ way

• ornery

• indicated

• peculiar

• dependable

A soft glow lit the dials on the dashboard, which _________________ to me that the ship was ready for departure.

• deny

• indicated

• regulations

• faltering

I cannot _______________ that I felt a small surge of fear.

• strict

• deny

• leisure

• deserved