Level C Unit 6 - Choosing the Right Word

An actor who has ______ for so long in the favor of the public finds it hard to realize that he is no longer popular.

• basked
• instilled

Many female authors once used male _______________ because it was considered improper for women to write novels.

• repercussions
• pseudonyms

It will be better if we all take responsibility for the mistake instead of letting one employee be the _____________.

• pseudonym
• scapegoat

We should now be just as _______________ in fighting for peace as the Americans of two hundred years ago were in fighting for independence.

• resolute
• genial

Although he was trying to look unconcerned, I could see that he was much _______________ by the teacher's criticism.

• aloof
• abashed

As a teacher, your job is not to _________ your students but to show them support so they can become contributing members of society.

• bask
• ostracize

How can we ever forgive him for _______________ from our great cause at the very time we needed him most?

• defecting
• purging

My ____________ at the loss of a loved one was all the greater when I realized that my carelessness had caused the accident.

• anguish
• finesse

Shakespeare tries to convey Brutus's _______________ of defeat at Philippi by having Caesar's ghost appear to him the night before the battle.

• premonitions
• defects

It would be good taste on his part not to _______________ all the honors and awards that he has won.

• flaunt
• ostracize