Wordly Wise Book 9 Lesson 11

1. He_____________________an era of great scientific discoveries.

2. How does a bird produce the melodious notes that ___________________from his
throat?
3. The killing was captured on cell-phone cameras and caused an
Internet_________________ and subsequent rioting.
4. The town buried her and sold the few articles of furniture to ____________________
expenses.
5. The egg began to ________________________ after a day in the sun.
6. He is not ______________________ to having a drink now and then.
7. Her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not
the____________________ that she had expected it to be.
8. Poor health care, a____________________of jobs, and a sense of instability is now
taking its toll.
9. The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other
_________________________.
10. The voters are too ___________________________ to change the government.
11. That the world is flat was at one time a popular ______________________________.
12. There is no _____________________ evidence to support her claim.
13. This new edition ________________________ the previous one.
14. Instead of being an ________________________ wall on the frontier, the Pak Army
has become a porous bale ofcotton.
15. This is not by any means a ___________________ question: Do you think alcohol
should also be made illegal?

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Facetious:
Complacent:

Fallacy:

Furor:

Facet:

Venerate:

Averse:

Cynical:

Flamboyant:

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Extol:

Tacit:

Defray:

Amenity:

Secular:

Lapse:

1. He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries.

2. How does a bird produce the melodious notes that emanate from his throat?
3. The killing was captured on cell-phone cameras and caused an Internet furor and
subsequent rioting.
4. The town buried her and sold the few articles of furniture to defray expenses.
5. The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.
6. He is not averse to having a drink now and then.
7. Her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she
had expected it to be.
8. Poor health care, a paucity of jobs, and a sense of instability is now taking its toll.
9. The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities.

Wordly Wise Book 9 Lesson 11

10. The voters are too complacent to change the government.

11. That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
12. There is no tangible evidence to support her claim.
13. This new edition supersedes the previous one.
14. Instead of being an impenetrable wall on the frontier, the Pak Army has become a
porous bale ofcotton.
15. This is not by any means a facetious question: Do you think alcohol should also be
made illegal?