UNIT 2 VOCABULARY EXERCISE

NORTHSTAR 2e Reading and Writing, High Intermediate Vocabulary Exercises
Unit 2: Dreams Never Die

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1. He _______________ his family. His wife and children never saw or heard from him again.
a. abandoned b. yearned for c. traveled with

2. The tennis player didn’t win a game this season. He was always ____________.
a. dilapidated b. tormented c. defeated

3. The old house was falling apart. It was ____________.
a. dilapidated b. defeated c. tormented

4. He could not sleep. His ______________ dreams woke him in a terror every night.
a. meager b. tormented c. light

5. There is very little food in the house. We will have a ____________ dinner tonight.
a. meager b. sordid c. tormented

6. The young girl believed that life was miserable and that there was no possibility for a better life.
She lived in ______________.
a. hiding b. shame c. hopelessness

7. The father’s alcoholism brought ______________ on the family name. People in the town talked
about how drunk and irresponsible he was.
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

8. The young boy was in terrible physical and emotional pain. He was in ______________ .
a. misery b. shame c. hopelessness

9. When their father spent all their money on alcohol, the family had to live in _______________.
They had no money to buy food or pay their electricity bill.
a. misery b. poverty c. shame

10. The young woman wanted to return to her home in Ireland. She ______________ her family
and village.
a. yearned for b. hoped for c. defeated

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