<p>Name: ______Date: ______ELA 8 Period: ______</p><p>Vocabulary – Level C – Unit 3 “Choosing the Right Word”</p><p>Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary word.</p><p>1. He joined the ______group of athletes who have run a mile in under four minutes.</p><p>2. The disease had so ______the poor woman that she was no longer able to leave her bed.</p><p>3. If all the members of the cast work in ______I am sure we will have a successful class show.</p><p>4. I refuse to ______with any order issued by a person who has absolutely no knowledge of the project I’m working on.</p><p>5. I know that you are a brilliant student, but I am still amazed that you could ______such a vast store of information so quickly.</p><p>6. Before we set out on the camping trip, our Scout leader ______special tasks and responsibilities to each one of us.</p><p>7. The ______child insisted on wearing sneakers to her sister’s wedding.</p><p>8. We can thank modern medical science for the increased ______of human beings in most parts of the world. </p><p>9. Trying to navigate through rush-hour traffic on a high-speed expressway can be a nightmare for a ______driver.</p><p>10. A number of cities ______with one another to be chosen as the site of a national political convention. 11. Since the town meeting tonight has been called to deal with conservation, only discussion ______to that subject will be allowed.</p><p>12. You will have to use a(n) ______to recover the lobster trap from the bottom of the bay.</p><p>13. Though we have made many outstanding contributions to the conquest of space, landing men on the moon is probably our most ______achievement.</p><p>14. The autumn night sky, with its ______of stars, always fills me with awe and wonder.</p><p>15. Father said, “I am ______not because you failed the exam, but because you still seem unable to understand why you failed it.”</p><p>16. There in the middle of the garden was a goat ______to a stake.</p><p>17. When he seemed hopelessly defeated, General George Washington crossed the Delaware River and launched a(n) ______surprise attack on the Hessians.</p><p>18. I am completely ______of sympathy for anyone who loses a job because of carelessness and indifference.</p><p>19. In wartime, it is not unusual for secret agents to be sent behind enemy lines in an effort to ______a rebellion.</p><p>20. Someday, when you see this event in its proper ______, you will realize that it is not as important as it seems now.</p>