Vocabulary Exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. The pirate’s ………………….. led him to cheat his partners out of their
share.
greed
magnanimity
greedy
We need a noun here and greed is a noun.

2. She suffered a …………………………. injury.

grievous
grief
grievously
Injury is a noun and we need an adjective to modify a noun. Grievous is an adjective.

3. His ……………………… insult flabbergasted me.

gratuity
gratuitous
gratitude
Gratuitous can mean uncalled for or unwarranted.

4. The situation has reached a point of extreme ………………………..

gratuity
gravity
gratitude

5. High blood pressure can be a result of ……………………………

gluttony
glutton
Gluttony means excessive eating. A glutton is an overeater.

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6. What could have been a nasty situation was handled with great
…………………………….
finesse
finery
filiality
Finesse means discretion.

7. There was much …………………………. affection in the hug she gave her
father.
filial
fillial
finery
Filial means befitting one’s child.

8. They had a lavish ……………………… at their country house.

feet
feat
fete
Fete means grand party.

9. The lawyer made a ………………………. plea for clemency.

fervent
ferment
foment
Fervent means heartfelt.

10. She was a tough minded executive but she never lost her
………………………..
femine
feminity

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femininity
Femininity means female quality.

11. Being locked in a candy store was the boy’s idea of ……………………..
facility
felicity
fecility
Felicity means happiness or bliss.

12. It is not ………………………… to make the trip in one day.

feasible
possible
practicable
All of the above
All of these words mean the same.

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Answers
1. The pirate’s greed led him to cheat his partners out of their share.
2. She suffered a grievous injury.
3. His gratuitous insult flabbergasted me.
4. The situation has reached a point of extreme gravity.
5. High blood pressure can be a result of gluttony.
6. What could have been a nasty situation was handled with great finesse.
7. There was much filial affection in the hug she gave her father.
8. They had a lavish fete at their country house.
9. The lawyer made a fervent plea for clemency.
10. She was a tough minded executive but she never lost her femininity.
11. Being locked in a candy store was the boy’s idea of felicity.
12. It is not feasible / possible / practicable to make the trip in one day.

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