Exercise 1
Read the following sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
1. Overcome with horror, she was shocked at the extent of the damage to her car.
A. stare B. gaze C. aghast D. glare
2. You can blame, or openly criticize someone who is behaving inappropriately. If you are an animal
rights activist, you would probably condemn someone for wearing fur.
A. condemn B. forgive C. correct D. satirize
3. Destruction is “action involving deliberate damage to public or private property”. The term also includes
criminal damage such as graffiti and defacement directed towards any property without permission of
the owner.
A. criticism B. stability C. construction D. vandalism
4. Offspring is a noun meaning “future generations.” These people of the future could be your children
and great-great grandchildren, or any people who are born after you.
A. neighbor B. relative C. posterity D. ancestor
5. If you say that someone demands responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are
responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
A. claims B. charges C. votes D. refuses