Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 1

We were out having a wonderful hike until a(n) _____ came up and robbed us of all our money and clothes.

• Admonish

• Brigand

• Breech

• Circumspect

His need for sucking his thumb was a(n) _____ habit that lasted all through college.

• cumbersome

• deadlock

• debris

• perrenial

Once the passengers were all safe, the Coast Guard began to _____ what remained of the wrecked ship.

• diffuse

• salvage

• dilemma

• efface

My teacher had to _____ me because I was disturbing the class, but isn't it the job of the class clown to disrupt things?

• muddle

• opinionated

• admonish

• perennial

I tried to pass off a(n) _____ amulet for the real one, but the Colombians found out and broke both of my legs.

• predispose

• spurious

• relinquish

• salgave

Most tight-rope walkers are very _____ due to the fact that the ones who aren't don't seem to be around anymore.

• spasmodic

• spurious

• circumspect

• unbridled

When the robbers jumped into their getaway car, the bike-cop had to _____ my car to chase them.

• admonish

• commandeer

• breech

• brigand

You shouldn't have to worry about money if your most pressing _____ is whether to drive the Jaguar to school or the Hummer.

• dilemma

• cumbersome

• deadlock

• debris

Our waiter was so _____ that he must have spent 15 minutes talking about the specials before we could tell him our order.

• diffuse

• efface

• muddle

• opinionated

I would let you play with my rubik's cube, but I've got four sides done and I'm afraid you'll _____ the whole thing up.

• opinionated

• muddle

• perennial

• predispose