Sadlier Level B, Unit 1 Test -Andersen

Until it was almost too late, the hunters did not see the leopard crouching in a tree, _________ to leap on them.

• pelt

• poised

• trivial

• barren

(adj., part.) balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action

• poised

• pelt

• vicious

• barren

After cleaning up the baby's spit-up, her sly smile was a small but sweet  ____________.

• Humdrum
• Foretaste
• Recompense
• Trickle

A sense of ___________ humor is if you are to cope with all the strains and difficulties of everyday life.

• adjacent

• indispensable

• barren

• trivial

Although the legislators have done nothing to further the passage of the bill, they haven’t tried to ___________ the process either.

• indifference

• poise

• recompense

• hinder

Although we arrived at the stadium only a few minutes before the game, we found that many good seats were still __________ .

• recompense

• dissuade

• available

• hurtle

Be sure to include details about your previous job on your ____________. 

• Resume
• Dynasty
• Trivial
• Recompense

Though the habit of taking a ____________ siesta in the afternoon may seem strange to a foreigner, it is quite in this part of the world.

• available

• customary

• vicious

• barren

(adj.) absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

• indispensable

• pelt

• poised

• barren

(n.) a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person

• firebrand

• poised

• regime

• trivial