English 2--Vocab List 1

Chemistry is proving to be an ________ subject for me because I do not understand it easily.

• imperative

• profuse

• spectacle

• arcane

When he ____________ told the girl how beautiful she was, he actually scared her off by talking so much.

• profusely

• dismayed

• underminely

• enigmatically

I was filled with _________ when I saw that I got a 22 on my Calculus test.

• exertion

• abolish

• dismay

• modificiation

I could hardly move the next day after I gave maximum _________ in my basketball game.

• exertion

• dismay

• profusion

• enigma

The fireworks accompanied by the live music made a beautiful ___________ of light and sound.

• scope

• opaque

• spectacle

• undermine

After the teacher read my rough draft, I made several _____________ to make the paper even better.

• spectacles

• exertions

• yields

• modifications

There is no shortcut to success, but hard practices will often _______ success in games.

• repose

• yield

• abolish

• arcane

He said the reason he falls asleep in first period every morning is because his __________ affects his sleep at night.

• anonymity

• modification

• spectacle

• insomnia

I was too scared to tell the girl I liked her, so I left an _______________ Valentine in her locker without signing it.

• dismay

• anonymous

• synchronized

• arcane

Our steps were so ____________ that we ran the play perfectly and scored a touchdown.

• abolished

• undermined

• reposed

• synchronized