VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT (Kaplan 1 – 20)

agitate alacrity alleviate ambiguous amiable anachronistic

ancient arable archaic astute augment accentuate

accessible adept advantageous aggressive autonomous cacophony

catastrophic censure

1. The president was formally ……………………censure………. by Congress for his wrongdoing.

2. Peter always cleans up his dorm room so it doesn’t ……agitate………………… his mother when she visits
him.

3. Her friends made fun of her outdated computer, saying that the ………archaic……….. machine would
never be able to keep up during an intense gaming session.

4. The new boss was an ……………amiable………….. young man with a smile for everyone.

5. After fifteen years of piano practice, Lisa became ………………adept……. at playing songs without sheet
music.

6. It is natural for a politician to …………accentuate…………. the positive accomplishments of the last term
and ignore the negative ones.

7. The junior high school orchestra created an almost unbearable ……cacophony……………. as they tried to
tune their instruments.

8. The novelist Judy Blume is an …………astute……………… judge of human nature; her characters ring true.

9. The overpopulated country desperately needed more ………arable…………. land to grow food for its
starving people.

10. The actor’s appearance was amusingly ……………anachronistic……………… as he drove the modern
automobile still dressed as a medieval peasant.

11. There is a movement underway to make Scotland an independent country, ………autonomous…………

from England.
12. Derek found his Spanish-speaking skills to be …………advantageous………. in his travels to Mexico.

13. The directions he gave were so ………………ambiguos……… that we disagreed on which way to turn.

14. If the train conductor can’t stop the out-of-control train before it reaches the broken bridge, the results
will be …………catasthrophic………………….

15. Ben looked to ………………augment………….. his salary by applying for extra overtime hours.

16. The curator at the museum was almost fooled into believing that a stone sculpture made last year was
actually an …………ancient……….. Greek statue.

17. While football may be an …………………aggresive……………… sport, the captain of the team is quiet off the
field.

18. Preeti was surprised that the famous professor was so ………accesible………….., willing to answer
questions even when walking through campus.

19. This medicine will help to ………………alleviate…………. the pain.

20. The eager dog obeyed with great …………alacrity………………., fetching the stick that I tossed for him.