Unit 1 Set A - Sadlier Achieve Level D

Like the rings a pebble makes when tossed in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by Dr. King's speech _____ through the crowd.

• commandeered

• deadlocked

• diffused

• cumbersome

The dean _____ the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

• admonished

• diffused

• muddled

• dilemma

The organization of some government agencies is so _____ that it is all but impossible to know who is responsible.

• brigand

• spurious

• unbridled

• cumbersome

In spite of weeks of practice, she made a _____ of her performance.

• muddle

• predisposed

• efface

• breach

Instead of trying to _____ the support of the students body, we must earn it by showing our sincerity and ability.

• cumbersome

• commandeer

• predispose

• dilemma

Although he was the world's expert on the subject, his lectures were so _____ that even his greatest fans grew bored.

• spurious

• unbridled

• diffuse

• predisposed

The nation was faced with a _____ in which either to advance or to retreat might endanger its vital interests.

• deadlock

• brigand

• dilemma

• debris

Our city government seems to have _____ into a first-rate financial crisis.

• unbridled

• predisposed

• brigand

• muddled

The robber barons were a group of nineteenth-century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a _____ might use.

• efface

• brigand

• perennial

• spasmodic

The evidence intended to show that show races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely _____.

• brigand

• muddle

• spurious

• predispose