Vocabulary Unit 2 Answers – Flashcards

from the observatory atop the Empire State Building, the pedestrians on the streets below look as ____ as ants.

Even the public opinion polls which showed a strong trend toward our candidate, did not make us overly ____ about our chances of winning.

those later scenes in the opinion of many critics had so much self-conscious pathos that they lacked conviction and ______.

For many years, americans and europeans tended to ignore the highly developed ____ cultures of the peoples of africa.

their standards are so rigid and so devoid of a sense of proportion that they elevate every minor ____ to the level of a major crime.

Falstaff, as conceived by Shakespeare, is not just a ___ old braggart but an archetype of human appetites and joy in living.

is is any wonder that they young quarterback is getting a swelled head when he sees always to be surrounded by a ____ of fawning admirers.

it is not enough merely to push aside our prejudices and pretend they don't exist; we must ____ these evils from our minds and personalities

at rush hour, i always have a hard time gifting my way through the ____ of tired commuters scurrying through the station.

morality is not a criterion that can be used to judge whether or not a word belongs in a ____ of the language in which it is used.

Under the american system of personal liberty there are many aspects of family life that are not within the ____ of any governmental authority.

An ___ of Virginia Woolf's work reveals that she is an exceptionally modern writer concerned with the psychology and emotion of her subjects

i came to resent the company _____ because it assumed that employees lacked the self-reliance to take care of themselves

Please to not try to _____ your responsibility in this matter by irrelevant criticisms of other peoples behavior

a basketball team will be sent to the Far East under the ____ of the State Department to play native teams in various countries

The movie started off well but the later scences with the young heroine slowly dying of a mystery disease, became overwrought and _____

if we disregard the emotions and desire of other groups in our area we are simply going to increase partisanship and ___ the whole community

i think it was very inconsiderate of her to wait until this late date before she ____ us of her intention to quit the class show.

in the tragedy that overtakes the pathetic Lennir in Of mice and Men, wee see in ____ the cruelty and injustice that pervade our society.

Compared to todays free agents, the ballplayers of yesteryear were practically the ____ of the team owners.

thankfully the beach towels are extremely ____ and they were able to control the spread of water due to the bucket that tipped over in the back of the van.

when light from the sun hits the surface of the pond, the light is ____ and then we see mysterious reflections on the placid water.

the grandmother was impresses by the childs ____ complexion and generally healthy appearance.

some call our city a cosmopolitan melting pot of cultures, but my grandparents from Eastern Europe felt ____ and even apprehensive at times.

As a ____ state, its citizens had few rights and were subject to others whims

the ALCOHOLIC patron of the local saloon

within the JURISDICTION of the sheriff

neglected to NOTIFY the townspeople

the HANGERS-ON waiting by the stage door

using the programmers SPECIAL VOCABULARY

a MENIAL in the royal familys service

to DIVIDE voters sympathy

commits a FUAX PAS at every turn

an INTERPRETATION of Joyces Ulysses

a MODEL of the entire pack

the UNIVERSE of the nursing profession

CORRECT USAGE essential in a cover letter

invited all their TEETOTALING relatives

always had to obey the MASTER

OBFUSCATION of the leaders ideas

Surprisingly the white potato which i have always associated with ireland is ______ to the americans

is the expression "it is me" to be regarded as a ____ or as an acceptable idiomatic form

a hard line speech may gain the congressperson the applause of her followers, but overall it will ____ sentiments throughout the country and impair national unity

the goal of this course in world history is ____ therefore we will carefully examine primary texts from the time periods we study.

the issue is basically a simple one, and your effort to ____ it by raising endless technical objections will no effect on us

my classics professor was compiling a complete ____ of the latin language.

both sides let on that the negotiators were still miles apart when in fact the distance that separated their opinions was _____.

____ from their Old World environments, european immigrants had difficult adjustments to make

when south korea was invaded the united states organized a collective defense effort under the ___ of the United Nations

If you are ever to get out of the tangled mess, now is the time for action not ignorance in ____ self-pity.

a case of that type which does not involve a federal law or constitution issue does not come within the ____ of the supreme court.

the third period was marred by a bench-clearing ____ that left the hockey rink littered with discarded gloves and sticks.

she defended her policy of hiring a ____ by noting that even with a supportive audience, someone is needed to get the applause started.

he came to realize that the inner city in which he had been raise was a _____ of the suffering of impoverished people all over the world.

I am not given to undue optimism but the preliminary results of the polls make me ____ about the outcome of the election

The rash and ____ behavior of that young hothead almost cost us the battle to say nothing of the war, the general remarked sourly.

without expressing opinion simply ___ us as promptly as possible of the results of the conference

no matter how fantastic and far fetched the themes of Ray Bradbury's stories may be he seems able to achieve an extraordinary effect of ______

at the outset of WWII Lithuania lost is sovereignty and became an unwilling ___ of the soviet union

the people of this underserved area need a program that will help them to help themselves-- not a form of ____ that will make them completely dependent on outside aid.