Choose the word from this unit that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the boldface word or expression in the phrase. Write that word on the line. Use a dictionary if necessary. 1. a prisoner implicated by the evidence 2. an awkward explanation for his tardiness 3. the meticulous arrangement of her collection 4. the prepared statement of the representative 5. removed the plush winter coat from storage Co! CIN —— fromthe words in this unit, choose the one that best completes each —— ip the Sentence _ »f the following sentences. Write the word in the space provided. 1. With one flashing stroke of his mighty axe, the skilled woodsman was able to —___________ the heavy branch from the tree trunk. 2. Our dress rehearsal was a disaster: Actors blew their lines, and doors on the set got stuck shut; itwas acomplete__-—=——— 3. We certainly did not expect to receive such a(n) ____________ greeting from someone who had been described to us as cold and unsociable. 4. The heavy rains of June brought a(n) ________ of mosquitoes into the neighborhoods bordering the marshland. 5. Her deathly ___________and distraught expression told us she had already received the tragic news. 6. In the untended garden the weeds were so sthaat they alll but smothered the few flowers that managed to blossom. = With the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Jefferson _______________a vast territory that doubled the size of the nation. 8. Millions of immigrants willingly came to America from all over the world, but many Africans arrived here in ——______. 9. As we grow older and perhaps wiser, we_____________ ourselves to the fact that we will never achieve all that we had hoped for in life. 10. Rebels would find it difficult to _ people who are reasonably well satisfied with their government to rise up against it Unit 14 = 181