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Improving Vocabulary Skills

Improving Vocabulary Skills. Chapter Fifteen. Chapter 15 Matching words with Definitions. To strongly desire; to be ambitious (to do something or to get something) Profitable; well-paying A shortage; a lack (in amount) To hold oneself back from something; refrain Charitable

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Improving Vocabulary Skills

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  1. Improving Vocabulary Skills Chapter Fifteen

  2. Chapter 15Matching words with Definitions • To strongly desire; to be ambitious (to do something or to get something) • Profitable; well-paying • A shortage; a lack (in amount) • To hold oneself back from something; refrain • Charitable • A person who believes we cannot know whether or not there is a God • Required • An amusement or pastime; anything that relaxes or amuses • To associate; join • Disagreement

  3. Chapter 15 Sentence check one Abstain Affiliate Agnostic Aspire Benevolent Deficit Dissent Diversion Lucrative Mandatory • My kid brother _____s to become the video-game champion of the world. • The _____ fund at my church collects money to help poor families in our parish. • My parents enjoy card games, but my sister and I like such _____s as computer games and music videos. • An entrance fee wasn’t _____, but a sign at the museum entrance suggested that visitors make a donation. • Because Hank needs to lose weight, his doctor recommended that he _____ from all sweets and fatty foods. • We could overcome a(n) _____ of organs for transplants if more people would agree to have their organs donated after they die. • There was no _____ in the family on whether or not to start a vegetable garden this year. We all agreed it was a great idea. • Yong could have joined the all-male club, but he prefers to _____ with organizations that welcome both men and women. • “When someone who believes in God marries someone who does not,” the comic asked, “Do they give birth to a(n)_____?” • Acting is _____ for only a small percentage of performers. The rest need additional sources of income, such as waiting on tables or driving a cab.

  4. Chapter 15Sentence check Two Abstain Affiliate Agnostic Aspire Benevolent Deficit Dissent Diversion Lucrative Mandatory 1-2.My uncle decided to splurge and _____ with a country club because golf is his favorite _____. 3-4. Gail didn’t _____ from smoking cigarettes at the office until her employer made not smoking _____. Keeping her job was a very good incentive to get her to quit. 5-6. Some people thing that since Stan is a(n) _____, he must be amoral. It’s true he’s not sure if God exists, but that doesn’t mean he lacks a moral sense. In fact, he recently founded a _____ society at work to raise money for disabled children in the area. 7-8. The _____ in the township treasury is causing a lot of _____ over whether or not taxes should be raised. 9-10. Because my father _____s to make enough money to send his children to college, he’s working hard to make his auto repair business as _____as possible.

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