Vocabulary Workshop Level F unit 2 Choosing the right word – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Marian Wright Edelman has never succumbed to ... but has instead remained a tireless advocate of children's rights since the 1960s.
answer
lassitude
question
In stating that "All men are created equal and endowed..with certain inalienable rights," the Deceleration of Independence proclaims the ... value of every human being.
answer
intrinsic
question
The large trees that surrounded the strange mansion .... our view of the building.
answer
occulted
question
We are all ready and willing to do what must be done; what we need is leadership-not ...!
answer
exhortation
question
In this situation we cannot act on the basis of what may be ..., but only in accordance with what is definitely known.
answer
surmised
question
One way to ... your fears of giving a speech is to put your audience at ease with a a personal anecdote.
answer
ameliorate
question
A sour odor of decay, stale air, and generations of living ... every corner of the old tenement.
answer
permeated
question
I ... that you did well on your test when you bolted through the front door as though you had just won the lottery.
answer
surmised
question
When the bridge suddenly collapsed in the high winds, the people on it at the time were ... to their deaths in the watery abyss below.
answer
precipitated
question
"I'm sure you every wish will be granted," I assured the demanding child, my tongue firmly on my cheek, "when and if the ... every comes!"
answer
millennium
question
Although the music-an etude by Schumann-was not familiar to him, the pianist followed the sheet music and played the piece with great ...
answer
aplomb
question
The song had a pleasant, ... melody that gained it quick popularity and then caused it to be forgotten just as quickly.
answer
ingratiating
question
I trust that we shall have the will to improve what can now be improved and the patience to bear what cannot now be ...
answer
ameliorated
question
After the unexpected defeat, the members of the team wanted to be alone and regarded anyone who entered the locker room as a ...
answer
interloper
question
I can usually forgive a ... display of feeble jokes and showing off- but not by someone who has passed his fortieth birthday!
answer
callow
question
The publisher will take prompt legal action against anyone who ... on the copyright of this book.
answer
infringes
question
This famous definition by a British general ... the nature of war: "Long periods of intense boredom undaunted by short periods of intense fear."
answer
epitomizes
question
If you desire a strong garlic flavor that ... the dish, use fresh, minced garlic rather than garlic powder.
answer
permeates
question
After the speaker had droned on pointlessly for half and hour, an angry man in the front row stood up and said, "Must we continue to listen to all of this childish...?"
answer
drivel
question
Kathy baked cookies for her book club, hoping to ... herself so that she would be nominated as president.
answer
ingratiate
question
Because I believe in spreading government powers among several officials, I am opposed to having the Mayor serve as ... head of the Board of Education.
answer
ex officio
question
His message may seem ..., but there is a solid framework of practical ideas underlying the rather pompous language,
answer
bombastic
question
Do we need to ... against " dirty politics," but less easy to play a positive role, however small, in the political process.
answer
stringent
question
She handled a potentially embarrassing situation with cool ...
answer
aplomb
question
It is easy to ... against "dirty politics," but less easy to play a positive role, however small, in the political process.
answer
inveigh
