Vocabulary University® Election 2006 Word Puzzle Exercises

21 "Election" Word Puzzle Fill-in-the-Blank Answers.

"Election" FITB word bank and answers are:

Word Bank: adverse, bunk, candidate, canvass, charisma, controversy, declare, eloquent, gracious, jubilant, strategy, veto

Answers: The number after the sentence is the correct word for the sentence!

1. controversy ------- A. At 9:00, the governor would ____ the nominee! (4)
2. eloquent ------- B. Such an absurd claim was plain ___! (11)
3. jubilant ------- C. Wasn't it a brillant ___ to offer free perks? (12)
4. declare ------- D. The President claimed he would ___ the bill. (7)
5. charisma ------- E. She was always an ___ and forceful speaker. (2)
6. canvass ------- F. The ___ crowd roared its approval! (3)
7. veto ------- G. Her ____ and kind attitude have tremendous appeal! (9)
8. candidate ------- H. His manager feared an ___ reaction to the policy. (10)
9. gracious ------- I. There was a ___ over the ballot count. (1)
10. adverse ------- J. Volunteers were glad to ___ the area for votes! (6)
11. bunk ------- K. With her ___ and appeal, she would be elected! (5)
12. strategy ------- L. The ___ crisscrossed the country to obtain votes. (8)

These are BONUS verbal challenges using 9 more election vocabulary words.

Word Bank: diverse, hypocrisy, inspired, nominate, orator, quorum, seniority, tactics, term

Answers: The letter after the sentence is the correct word for the sentence!

a. orator ------- 1. Always fair, his ___ were honest. (c)

b. nominate ------- 2. The voter showed ___ as he waffled on all issues. (f)

c. tactics ------- 3. The ___ for each seat lasted 4 years only. (h)

d. seniority ------- 4. The 2/3 ___ was present to allow a vote. (g)

e. diverse ------- 5. A gifted speaker, Thomas was an excellent ____. (a)

f. hyprocrisy ------- 6. From the ___ reactions, he suspected trouble. (e)

g. quorum ------- 7. Without a doubt, it was an ___ speech! (i)

h. term ------- 8. Hank shocked everyone by wanting to ___ Pluto! (b)

i. inspired ------- 9. Her ___ was evident after serving 9 years. (d)

The 12 comic strip words listed alphabetically are:
adverse, bunk, candidate, canvass, charisma, controversy, declare, eloquent, gracious, jubilant, strategy and veto
We have created seven more exercises that will challenge your understanding of many election related words:

Interactive Word Puzzles - submit answers, get contextual sentences back
Definition Match activity - from the 12 comic strip story words
Crossword Puzzle - using the 12 comic strip story words
Super Crossword - a challenge using 40 different election related words
Word Find Activity - find 23 election-related words
Election Story - create a story similiar to these 2 samples
Election Comic Strip Story - 12 comic strip campaign story
Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise - 12 comic strip words plus 9 more appplicable words - you are here!

If you want our free alphabetical vocabulary list of 100+ election-related words (called an "Alphalary") and 50+ election cliches, email your request to Election Words. Please include your school, city, state and grade you teach, if applicable.
Click here for "Teacher's tips & ideas" on how to use our "Alphalary" lists.

You may copy of any of our "activity cluster" activities above for use at home or in the classroom!

Reminder:
Don't forget to complete other activities and educational exercises from our current Session #139:

Interactive puzzles at grade level: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: [S139Level 1-Syn/Ant] -- [S139Level 2-Syn/Ant] -- [S139Level 3-Syn/Ant]

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"Election" Link exercises:
[Interactive Word Puzzles] [Crossword] [Comic Strip] [Word Find]
[Fill-in-Blanks] - you are here! [Matching] [Word story] [Big Crossword]

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