Wordly Wise Book 8 Lesson 7

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

Your salary will be dependent to some extent on how many years of experience as a nurse you have had.

• contingent

• mettle

• condescend

• replica

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

A somewhat smaller copy of Philadelphia's Liberty Bell hangs in our town museum.

• fanfare

• replica

• daunt

• negligible

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

Young and inexperienced fencers need close supervision at first, so that they do not hurt each other with their foils.

• fledgling

• inane

• colleague

• protract

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

The cost of an oil change for the car was small enough that thought nothing of it.

• claustrophobia

• deluge

• dispel

• negligible

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

With very little display intended to gain attention, the owner announced that he would continue to pay his workers while the burned factory building was repaired.

• fanfare

• fledgling

• condescend

• dub

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

When Brad and Tom got caught in a blizzard with the herd of horses they were driving over the mountain, they had plenty of opportunities to show their ability to bear up under difficult circumstances.

• mettle

• daunt

• dispel

• inane

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

The sudden downpour of rain caused the crowd at the racetrack to run for shelter.

• daunt

• deluge

• dispel

• dub

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

On summer mornings, the ocean breeze soon gets rid of the morning mist.

• dispels

• daunts

• mettles

• condescends

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

Last summer the lifeguard at our pool was given the name Hercules because he loved to show off his muscles.

• daunt

• colleague

• fanfare

• dub

Improve the following sentence by replacing the bold phrase with a word (or a form of the word) from Word List 7.

The way to deal with the silly foolishness of daytime talk shows is to turn off the television.

• mettle

• inane

• protract

• contingent