Question

Find out how many of the ten words in this chapter you already know. Try to complete each sentence with

the most suitable word from the list below. Use each word once.
Leave a sentence blank rather than guessing at an answer. Your purpose here is just to get a sense of the
ten words and what you may know about them.
acclaim
exploit
adjacent
methodical
1. Kim is so
2. The invention of electricity soon made gaslight
3. A wedding ring is a(n).
4. Sometimes an article I'm reading on the bus will
stop.
7. "We need to
elicit
obsolete
5. Peter's jokes are in such bad taste that they
laughter.
6. It's best for a dining room to be
served.
the company won't survive."
that she even shelves her spices in alphabetical order.
engross
tangible
escalate
terminate
expression of a couple's commitment to each other.
me so much that I pass my
10. At the turn of the century, factory owners
terrible conditions for as many as 18 hours a day.
looks of disgust instead of
to a kitchen, so that food can more easily be
our fund-raising efforts," the theater manager said. "Otherwise,
8. Dustin Hoffman's performance in Rain Man won him an Oscar and the
admiring critics.
of
9. When Luke was caught stealing money from the company, his employment was
(e)d, and he was brought up on criminal charges.
(e)d children by making them work in

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Kim is so methodical that she even shelves her spices in alphabetical order.

2) The invention of electricity soon made gaslight obsolete.

3) A wedding ring is a(n) tangible expression of a couple's commitment to each other.

4) Sometimes an article I'm reading on the bus will elicit laughter.

5) Peter's jokes are in such bad taste that they engross me so much that I pass my acclaim.

6) It's best for a dining room to be adjacent to a kitchen, so that food can more easily be served.

7) "We need to escalate our fund-raising efforts," the theater manager said. "Otherwise, the company won't survive."

8) Dustin Hoffman's performance in Rain Man won him an Oscar and the admiring critics.

9) When Luke was caught stealing money from the company, his employment was terminated, and he was brought up on criminal charges.

10) At the turn of the century, factory owners exploited children by making them work in terrible conditions for as many as 18 hours a day.