Play and practice with Vocab!

Today, let me give you some sentences with blanks. Try to fill in the blanks with proper words (using the hints given) so that each one makes sense.

 

1.   I was stunned and devastated at the news about the insane rioters’ breaking into the court building in South Korea. Are they painfully gullible type of people who are so easily ___________winked (*meaning deceived) by the ruling party?

 

    2.   Jack is a whistleblower who decided to do the right thing by telling the world the truth about his corrupted company, but some of his colleagues accused him as a betrayer that r__________ on (*meaning to not be loyal to someone, especially by giving away secret information about them) his own co-workers.

 

    3.   Romeo and Juliet were such star-________________ (*meaning unlucky/ unfortunate) lovers.

 

    4.   Adrien Brody is her favorite actor whose aqui___________ nose (*meaning a nose curved like an eagle's beak) is the most attractive feature in his face.

 

    5.   We’ve seen so many reproductions of Claude Monet paintings, but when we were in Paris, we saw the real Mc__________.

 

    6.   Entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs or Craig Newmark, who boot___________ (* to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance) their companies started with very little money and no outside investments to build their business.

 

    7.   My friend Choi prefers sta______________ (*dignified; sedate; unadventurous) elegance of the opera to the rambunctious or rowdy pop concert.

 

    8.   Most middle-of-the-pack recreational runners today feel that buying a new pair of running shoes and gear have become a high invol______________ purchase (*meaning buying the items that are not purchased often because of their steep price but are relevant and important to the buyer) because of its skyrocketing price.

 

    9.   When my boss told me to send the chunk of report by the end of the day, I said “____________co" (*confirming they understood and would comply), but inside I was like ‘Are you out of your mind?!!! I told you I’d have to leave office earlier today to pick up my daughter!’

 

    10. We see a lot of homicides left as ___________ cases (*accidents, or crimes that have yet to be solved and have no active leads) as in the case of Jack the Ripper, unsolved because of lack of evidence or eyewitnesses coming forward.

 

 

Answer Keys

1.  hoodwinked

2.  ratted on

3.  star-crossed

4.  aquiline

5.  the real McCoy

6.  bootstrapped

7.  staid

8.  high-involvement

9.  Wilco

10.      cold cases