Vocabulary Builder Course 7

Lesson 7:

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


1.	The volleyball team’s hope of defeating their rivals __________ enthusiasm.
		A)	deplored
		B)	engendered


2.	The officials’ decisions at the last game had caused a great deal of ________.
		A)	controversy
		B)	crux


3.	The net had been hung slightly _________ instead of straight.
		A)	askew
		B)	chaotic


4.	This error was the _______ of the problem.
		A)	crux
		B)	dissolution


5.	The coaches __________ the poor sportsmanship shown by fans who booed the officials.
		A)	deplored
		B)	predicated


6.	In the eighteenth century, scientists brought order out of the ________ variety of measurements used around the world.
		A)	chaotic
		B)	engendered


7.	They developed a/an ________ system of measurement based on the meter.
		A)	archaic
		B)	coherent


8.	The new metric system replaced the many ________ units of measurement that had been used before.
		A)	archaic
		B)	coherent


9.	Lack of funding caused the ___________ of the school’s drama department.
		A)	controversy
		B)	dissolution


10.	Realistic artists _________ their pictures on people and places they have seen.
		A)	askew
		B)	predicate