1) With a winter storm (blustering, bungling) outside, what could be more welcome than a warm room, a good meal, and my favorite TV program? a) blustering b) bungling 2) The idea that most people usually behave in a calm and reasonable way is (refuted, numbed) by the facts of history/ a) refuted b) numbed 3) We cannot assume that all the people that one sees on the streets of a large city are actually (facets, inhabitants) of the place. a) facets b) inhabitants 4) There is so much wear and tear on the ropes in their pulley system that they become (frayed, refuted) in only a few days. a) frayed b) refuted 5) On the camping trip out West, some of the children were frightened when they first heard the (smug, eerie) howls of coyotes at night. a) smug b) eerie 6) "It's your job to help (pacify, fray) the conquered area," The general said, "not to add fuel to an already explosive situation." a) pacify b) fray 7) The victims of the disaster were so (numbed, tarried) by the scope of the tragedy that they scarcely showed any emotion at all. a) numbed b) tarried 8) When I realized how deeply I had hurt my friends with my carless insult, I suffered a pang of (remorse, duration). a) remorse b) duration 9) I keep telling you things for your own good, but you're just too (eerie, headstrong) to listen. a) eerie b) headstrong 10) We know that we are going through a period of economic instability, but there is no way of telling what its (duration, remorse) will be. a) duration b) remorse 11) If you read no more than a(n) (inhabitant, synopsis) of the plot of any one of Shakespeare's plays, you will get very little idea of what it is all about. a) inhabitant b) synopsis 12) Each time she answered a question correctly, she rewarded herself with a (smug, ravenous) little smile of self-congratulation. a) smug b) ravenous 13) After the way you (bungled, blustered) the job of arranging the class trip, I can never again trust you with anything important. a) bungled b) blustered 14) The strength of this book lies in the author's ability to describe and explain different (setbacks, facets) of human experience. a) setbacks b) facets 15) Since it had seemed that winter would (terry, pacify) forever, we were all heartily glad when it finally quit dragging its heels and departed. a) terry b) pacify 16) Florence's illness, after she had been chosen for the leading role in the class show, was a serious (setback, commentary) to our plans. a) setback b) commentary 17) The character Scrooge in Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" starts out as a(n) (acute, ravenous) miser, but he undergoes a great change. a) acute b) ravenous 18) Although I don't agree with all of her ideas, I must admire her unshakable (fidelity, synopsis) to them. a) fidelity b) synopsis 19) His (headstrong, acute) analysis of the housing problem in our town gave us a clear idea of what we would have overcome. a) headstrong b) acute 20) The fact that so many people are still living in poverty is indeed a sad (fidelity, commentary) on our civilization. a) fidelity b) commentary

WV Unit 5 - Choosing the Right Word

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