Unit 12 vocabulary sentences – Flashcards
60 test answers
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answers 60question
fetish
answer
The rabbit's foot, once a very popular ________, seems to have lost its hold on the public imagination.
Unlock the answer
question
gregarious
answer
I would expect the recreation director of a cruise ship to be a ________ person.
Unlock the answer
question
hapless
answer
Once again, my younger brother has become the ________ victim of a silly practical joke.
Unlock the answer
question
impeccable
answer
We always consulted my grandmother about what to wear because she had ________ taste in clothing.
Unlock the answer
question
importuned
answer
My bankrupt uncle ________ my father for a loan.
Unlock the answer
question
interpolated
answer
At the director's request, the screenwriter ________ some new lines into the script.
Unlock the answer
question
irreparable
answer
The husband believed that the surgeon did ________ harm to his wife and sued the doctor and the hospital.
Unlock the answer
question
laconic
answer
The senator issued a ________ statement declaring her innocence after the accusations of fraud were made public.
Unlock the answer
question
languish
answer
Without the Constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial, the accused could ________ in jail for years.
Unlock the answer
question
mendacious
answer
The deputy gave a ________ account of his employer's actions on the day of the alleged crime.
Unlock the answer
question
nadir
answer
At the ________ of his popularity, the prime minister decided to resign his office and call for new elections.
Unlock the answer
question
omnipresent
answer
They believed in an ________ deity that existed in all things.
Unlock the answer
question
perfunctory
answer
The police made a ________ search for the missing handbag, but they really did not expect to find it.
Unlock the answer
question
plaintive
answer
The recently widowed man spoke of his lonliness in a ________ tone of voice.
Unlock the answer
question
requite
answer
We made sure to ________ the neighbors for looking after our house while we were away.
Unlock the answer
question
tantamount
answer
The armed invasion of their territory was ________ to a declaration of war.
Unlock the answer
question
omnipresent
answer
No matter where candidates for high political office go these days, the ________ eye of the TV camera seems focused on them
Unlock the answer
question
interpolate
answer
As his irrepressible flow of reminiscences continued without a letup, I tried in vain to ________ a few observations of my own.
Unlock the answer
question
mendacious
answer
To say taht he is _______ does not even begin to convey just how alienated he is from any regard for the truth
Unlock the answer
question
fetishes
answer
One wall of the museum was filled with charms and _________ designed to ward off everything from hangnail to the evil eye
Unlock the answer
question
perfunctory
answer
They claim to have made a thorough search of the premises, but I suspect that their efforts were no more than ____________
Unlock the answer
question
discomfiting
answer
Last night, Central High's Netnicks captured the basketball championship by _________ the South High Slammers, 61 to 44
Unlock the answer
question
languish
answer
I thought our state legislators would consider the proposal at the earliest opportunity buy they let it ___________ in committee for months
Unlock the answer
question
plaintive
answer
Responding to the melancholy note in the song of the nightingale, Keats wrote of its "__________ anthem"
Unlock the answer
question
importuning
answer
Suddenly I was surrounded by a mob of street urchins loudly ___________ me for a handout
Unlock the answer
question
irreparable
answer
I was greatly relieved to learn taht the accident I had with my car last week didn't do any _______ damage to the motor
Unlock the answer
question
hapless
answer
The _______ creature had somehow gotten its foot caught in the grate and could not extricate it without help
Unlock the answer
question
laconic
answer
When asked what terms he would offer the Confederate army, General Grant made a ______ reply, "Unconditional surrender!"
Unlock the answer
question
defunt
answer
I felt a little foolish when the librarian told me that I was asking for the current issue of a magazing that had long been _________
Unlock the answer
question
nadir
answer
Every general seems to have one defeat that marks the ________ of his military fortunes- for example, Lee at Gettysbury, or Grant at Cold Harbor
Unlock the answer
question
espouse
answer
It's easy enough to back a popular program, but it takes real courage to _________ a cause that most people oppose
Unlock the answer
question
gregarious
answer
Since extroverts are _________ by nature, they usually prefer not to live alone
Unlock the answer
question
impeccable
answer
Never once has the least whiff of a scandal or impropriety tained the man's __________ reputation as an upstandiing member of this agency
Unlock the answer
question
requited
answer
"Dont you think its alittle foolish to pursue the young lady when your warm feelings for her ar clearly not _________?" I asked
Unlock the answer
question
aesthetic
answer
From a(n) __________ point of view, the painting didn't appeal to me, but I kept it because it was a memento of my childhood
Unlock the answer
question
tantamount
answer
When you get more experience on the job, you will learn that a "request" from your employer is ________ to an order
Unlock the answer
question
languish
answer
Though i left the house feeling "as fit as a fiddle" my spirits began to ____ after only five minutes in that withering heat.
Unlock the answer
question
defunct
answer
though few of us today stand on ceremony to quite the extent that our ancestors did, common courtesy is by no means ___
Unlock the answer
question
fetish
answer
it is one thing to be concerned about discipline; it is quite another to make a ___ of it
Unlock the answer
question
irreparable
answer
a diplomat must always proceed on the assumption that no rupture between nations, no matter how serious is ___
Unlock the answer
question
aesthetic
answer
Although fate has decreed that he make his living as a stockbroker, his main interests and talents are definitely ____
Unlock the answer
question
gregarious
answer
prehistoric peoples banded together into tribes, not only for protection, but also to satisfy their _____ instincts
Unlock the answer
question
discomfited
answer
The sternness of my boss's expression so ____ me that at first I had difficulty responding to the question
Unlock the answer
question
espouse
answer
In our desire to improve the quality of life in America, we should not be too quick to ___ an idea simply because it is new
Unlock the answer
question
omnipresent
answer
The _____ threat of nuclear holocaust that characterized the Cold war era changed many people's attitudes toward war in profound ways.
Unlock the answer
question
hapless
answer
when the scandal broke, the man found himself the ___ victim of other people's misdeeds
Unlock the answer
question
laconic
answer
One of the best known figures of American folklore is the lean, tough, ___ cowboy.
Unlock the answer
question
perfunctory
answer
perhaps we should be overjoyed that the great man condescended to give us a(n) _____ nod as we passed by
Unlock the answer
question
importune
answer
IDK which is more painful--to have to ask someone for a favor or to have some unfortunate ___ one for help
Unlock the answer
question
impeccable
answer
Her sense of tact is so ____ and unerring that she can handle the most trying situation as if it were mere child's play
Unlock the answer
question
mendacious
answer
fortunately, our lawyer was able to produce documents that disproved the ___ assertions of our former partner
Unlock the answer
question
requite
answer
I hope to ___ my parents for all the care they have shown me.
Unlock the answer
question
tantamount
answer
the legal adage "Silence implies consent" meant that not objecting to an action that concerns you is ___ to approving it
Unlock the answer
question
nadir
answer
One of the comforting things about reaching the ___ of one's career is that only place to go from there is up
Unlock the answer
question
plaintive
answer
she sang a ___ little ditty about a man who yearns wistfully for the girl he left behind many years before
Unlock the answer
question
interpolated
answer
Many scholars believe that Beaumont or Fletcher ____ a scene or two into the present text of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Unlock the answer
