Exercise 2
Directions: Write the word from the list that best completes the sentence. Use each
word only once.
advent
circumscribe
antebellum
cyclical
antecedent
panorama
circa
peripheral
circumference
retroactive
1. The most famous and probably most photographed
man-
sion in Louisiana is Oak Alley, where parts of Interview with a Vampire and
Primary Colors were filmed.
2. Does the
- of a person's head have anything to do with
how smart the person is? Some studies suggest there may be a correlation.
3. Only one item has been in the White House since the very beginning the
Gilbert Stuart painting of George Washington
1800.
4. The cab crashed because of a number of teachir events, including
the cab company's failure to replace faulty brakes and its hiring of a careless
driver.
5. With the
- of winter, Victor knew he would soon have to
put snow tires on his car.
6. After a six-month training period at Bank of America, Diarra received a sal-
ary of $9 an hour. She also got some back pay, because her new salary was
to when she first started her training.
7. Watching her young daughter go out the door in a tank top and bell bottoms
reminded Charlene of clothes she had worn as an adolescent. She realized
just how
fashion is.
8. Edwin stood on the edge of the Grand Canyon and looked at the
- spread before him. The breathtaking view filled him
with awe.
9. My father, who is in his eighties, is no longer allowed to drive because of an
impairment of his
vision.
10. The teacher told the student to look on the map of California and
Santa Clara County in red ink.