Vocabulary Workshop Unit 6

Over the years government agencies have spent a good deal of money trying to ___________ run-down, inner-city neighborhoods.

• rehabilitate
• instill
• ostracize
• articulate

The _________ host and hostess made each party guest feel especially welcome.

• retentive
• scapegoat
• pseudonym
• genial

A successful candidate can __________ his ideas in a way that makes them acceptable to voters.

• articulate
• bask
• flaunt
• purge

A soaking rainstorm will usually ____________ the air of pollutants.

• articulate
• rehabilitate
• purge
• instill

I was thoroughly _______ by the foolish mistake that I made at the dinner party.

• abashed
• aloof
• forthright
• genial

Society normally _____________ those who commit treason and betray the country.

• instills
• rehabilitates
• flaunts
• ostracizes

In ancient times, a messenger who brought bad news was often made the ______________ for it and killed.

• repercussion
• pseudonym
• scapegoat
• defect

Because they are cold-blooded creatures, lizards and other reptiles must ____________ in the sun to regulate their body temperature.

• bask
• articulate
• purge
• instill

The missed field goal during the SuperBowl caused ______________ to every person in the room during each replay on TV.

• bask
• anguish
• flaunt
• ostracize

My father is always ___________ in a crisis; he is able to make firm, clear decisions.

• resolute
• retentive
• genial
• aloof