Vocabulary Workshop Blue

To destroy something by tearing it down is to ______ it.

• demolish

• alternate

• enforce

• resign

An act that requires daring, skill, or strength is known as a ________.

• verdict

• primary

• feat

• alternate

Someone who fills in for someone else is a(n) _______________

• verdict

• feat

• primary

• alternate

A meal that is large and satisfying is ______.

• observant

• primary

• hearty

• mature

The usual way of doing things is your ​ (a)   .

• routine

• ambush

• initial

• yield

To be shocked is to be ​ (a)   .

• stunned

• calculated

• employed

• extended

If I wish I had the advantages that someone else enjoys, I ​ (a)   that person.

• envy

• alert

• survive

• staple

Match the following

• elicit

• As the president of the debate team, I have the ... to accept or reject applicants.

• hiatus

• It may be useful to have lamps that ... sunlight to help you wake up naturally.

• simulate

• The national anthem can ... strong emotions of pride in some citizens.

• provincial

• He is so ... that he welcomes today's trends in style and fashion.

• prerogative

• The singer decided to take a ... from touring for a while to rest her voice.

I'm sorry, and will ________ to show you I can do better.

• resign

• enforce

• mature

• strive

The road was bumpy so it gave cars a (blank) when they drove over it.

• senseless

• jolt

• shrivel

• rejoice