1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the following words from the text.
1) His voice was low and _____ with passion.
2) Ten years later, a similar _____ by another boy led to a criminal trial which began in 2005.
3) The celebrity guests turned up dressed in _____ evening gowns.
4) Thrift has become the _____ practice.
5) The blond is now laughing _____, so the truck driver asks her what’s so funny.
6) I put on her high heels and _____ around the bedroom, catching glimpses of myself in the mirror.
7) His expression was _____ as he listened to the report of the accident.
8) He spent six years in jail, mostly in solitary confinement, until his _____ was overturned.
9) Despite a year of _____ growth, America’s underlying prices have been rising uncomfortably fast.
10) Their policy of aggression is a great _____ to world peace.
2. Match the following words with the correct meanings.
1) bayou a. betrothal, wedding ceremony
2) quadroon b. a monk’s hood or hooded robe; the draped neckline on a woman’s garment
3) beneficent c. marked by or performing kind or charitable acts
4) imperious d. sculptured basket of flowers or fruits used as an architectural ornament
5) espousal e. administrative subdivision in Louisiana that corresponds to a county in other U.S. states
6) parish f. a heap of combustibles for burning a corpse as a funeral rite
7) corbeille g. domineering or overbearing
8) pyre h. one having a quarter black ancestry
9) cowl i. marshy, sluggish body of water tributary to a lake or river
10) layette j. clothing and other equipment for a newborn child