Homework 2BChoosing the Right Word Name____________________ Vocabulary Unit 8.2 Fill In The Blanks.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with a vocabulary term which best completes the sentence. Emergency road construction closed two lanes of the I 75 Expressway leaving local streets ___ with spillover traffic.

A person who might be defined as a tightwad is someone who is ______ to a fault.

When evidence of fraud was brought before Judge Judy, she ________ the results of the vote and ordered a new election. A sudden surge in production led to a ________ of oil on the world market, driving down the price of crude by several dollars a barrel.

Before introducing his first guest, Jay Leno, a late night talk show host, likes to warm up with a little friendly _______ with his band leader Kevin Eubanks. You are plainly a(n) ________ young woman, stated the boss, and if you continue to show such energy, I am sure you will be very successful. When the car ahead of her suddenly _______ into her lane and caused an accident, the two drivers wrangled over who was at fault. The teenagers inability to get along with her parents was a great _______ to her when she asked them for permission to stay out past her curfew.

I will not try to _______ the difficulties that we face, but I am sure that we can overcome them by collaborating.

When their daughter declared bankruptcy, her parents were shocked by her _________ misuse of the million dollars she had won in the lottery only one year ago.