Vocabulary Builder Course 1

Lesson 8:

Choose one of the two words provided to complete each sentence.


1.	When people have only as much as they need, they have an ________ amount.
		A)	adequate
		B)	ample


2.	To have a shortage of something is to have a ________ of it.
		A)	scarcity
		B)	deficiency


3.	He was ________ from drinking too much water.
		A)	bloated
		B)	voluminous


4.	He owed only a ________ amount of money, so he didn’t have to pay it back.
		A)	negligible
		B)	bounteous


5.	She has to ________ the grass stain on her baseball jersey with liquid detergent before her next game.
		A)	adequate
		B)	saturate


6.	The apple tree produced a/an ________ of fruit because of the favorable weather.
		A)	scarcity
		B)	abundance


7.	An area that is large and roomy is __________.
		A)	bounteous
		B)	voluminous


8.	Due to a ________ of interest in the movie, not many people went to see it.
		A)	scarcity
		B)	deficiency