Unit 15 Set A

Performers in classic ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker must be skilled not only in dance but also in the art of ____

• berserk

• chasten

• pantomime

• detract

The band's lead singer stopped in the middle of a song to ____ some members of the audience and remind them that flash photography was not permitted.

• chasten

• encounter

• wistful

• sham

The product, which comes with claims that it can instantly cure a cold or the flu, is clearly a ____.

• puncture

• detract

• precaution

• sham

Some of the seaside town's residents strongly oppose construction of the new hotel because it would ____ from their view of the water.

• pantomime

• detract

• wistful

• sham

In one scene in the movie, a robot goes ____ and attacks he captain and crew of the spaceship.

• uncouth

• berserk

• precaution

• puncture

You can repair the ____ in the air mattress with this patch and this glue.

• puncture

• berserk

• sham

• encounter

Although the quality of his work was good, his ____ attitude cost him the job.

• uncouth

• wistful

• sham

• berserk

Her ____ look made me sad.

• chasten

• pantomime

• wistful

• uncouth

Don't ____ an illness in order to get out of an exam.

• berserk

• detract

• puncture

• sham

Remember our ____ with that skunk?

• encounter

• chasten

• wistful

• berserk