Vocabulary workshop chapter 9

An opera singer needs a _____ for the dramatic as well as a good voice.

When the doors opened, a _______ of shoppers headed towards the sales racks.

more than once, a former president has been asked to act as a special __ to the united nations.

The young man asked the jeweler to ____ the locket with his fiancees name.

By means of a _____, a playwright shares a character's private thoughts with the audience.

When the testimony of a witness contradicts the evidence you can expect _ stares from the jury.

If the main motor fails, the instructions say to turn on the _______ motor.

A small dispute can ____ into a major conflict unless the opposing parties sit down and talk.

Doctors are particularly happy to deliver a _____ of a speedy recovery.

Most college admissions officers actively seek a student body that is both talented and ______.

It is safe to be ____ about our faults with friends and loved ones.

As an ____, we chose to use a rock as a makeshift hammer.

The tiniest _______ is usually assigned to the newest employee.

Trade unions lobby to relieve the endless ____ of factory workers.

Despite their ______ lack of cleanliness, pigs are not endearing to many people.

Hunger often _______ people to leave their homes in search of food.

Children sometimes _____ illness to avoid going to school.

The ______ of metal scraping against metal sets my teeth on edge .

Reporters should take careful notes when interviewing to avoid making _____ errors in print.

Pirates would not wish to ______ a captured galleon before looting its cargo.