Vocabulary Builder Course 3

Lesson 21:

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


1.	Many job counselors advise clients to think about areas they __________ in and to pursue a career that will utilize these skills.
		A)	excel
		B)	evolve


2.	To aid conservation efforts, many bird-watchers carefully monitor species that are nearly __________.
		A)	extinct
		B)	estrange


3.	The common cold will probably never be __________.
		A)	exacerbated
		B)	eradicated


4.	Mavis Gallant is an __________ Canadian writer who made her home in Paris when she began seriously writing fiction.
		A)	expatriate
		B)	estranged


5.	When trees are torn from riverbanks, __________ occurs because the roots are no longer there to hold the soil.
		A)	extinction
		B)	erosion


6.	It's important to keep your __________ covered when the temperature drops.
		A)	extremities
		B)	expatriates


7.	Though it began as a one-room schoolhouse, the university __________ over the years into a huge campus.
		A)	evolved
		B)	excelled


8.	She tried to __________ the red ants, but new anthills surfaced again and again.
		A)	extinct
		B)	exterminate


9.	The cat had a habit of __________ its guardians by hissing when they walked near.
		A)	estranging
		B)	exacerbating


10.	The humidity level went up, __________ the already intolerable heat.
		A)	exacerbating
		B)	exterminating