Vocabulary and Contextual Usage Worksheet

The house was completely ________, with broken windows and a collapsing roof.

• sacred

• dilapidated

• responsible

• unbelievable

The businessman was engaged in ________, buying and selling goods internationally.

• commerce

• retaliation

• decency

• invoices

The aftermath of the storm left the town in complete ________.

• desolation

• evidence

• divert

• pitying

After the accident, the car was almost ______ and beyond repair.

• unrecognizable

• responsible

• insinuating

• immoral

She worked hard to ________ her lost land and identity.

• reclaim

• abandon

• collaborate

• divert

The dog had a ________ snarl as it lunged forward.

• vicious

• sacred

• decent

• unbelievable

The temple was considered ______ by the local community.

• sacred

• immoral

• insinuating

• abandoned

The building had been completely _______ for years with no one living in it.

• abandoned

• dilapidated

• unbelievable

• responsible

Showing _______ is important when treating others with kindness.

• decency

• receipts

• invoices

• commerce

She gave him a _______ look, full of sorrow and sympathy.

• pitying

• dilapidated

• sacred

• unrecognizable