Unit 1
unable to be conquered
a. evince
b. provincial
c. invincible
d. conducive
e. protracted
c. invincible
tending to argue or cause discord
a. fractious
b. incisive
c. concise
d. tome
e. compunction
a. fractious
to force or strongly persuade; to coerce
a. expel
b. compel
c. conjecture
d. abject
e. dismissive
b. compel
Suddenly, Henry was seized by the ______ to leap from the boat.
a. motive
b. impulse
c. remiss
d. dejected
e. dismissive
b. impulse
The ______ for the theft of the statue has not yet been determined.
a. abject
b. expel
c. motif
d. emote
e. motive
e. motive
irritable or short-tempered
a. intractable
b. impetuous
c. invincible
d.provincial
e. petulant
e. petulant
the best or most typical example
a. tome
b. punctilious
c. epitome
d. pungent
e. excise
c. epitome
failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent
a. motive
b. motif
c. emissary
d. remiss
e. dejected
d. remiss
Laughing at someone for having a different accent than yours makes you seem __________.
a. impetus
b. intractable
c. provincial
d. conducive
e. impetuous
c. provincial
Cedric's friends were always telling him to loosen up and not be so ______ about details.
a. excise
b. anatomy
c. pungent
d. punctilious
e. epitome
d. punctilious
that which drives one; momentum
a. impetuous
b. impetus
c. retract
d. intractable
e. conducive
b. impetus
a minor violation of a rule or law
a. fractious
b. infringe
c. incisive
d. infraction
e. dichotomy
d. infraction
downcast or sad; depressed
a. dejected
b. conjecture
c. dismissive
d. emote
e. impulse
a. dejected
What was the _______ for the supposedly ______ hockey team's decision not to play in the tournament?
a. impetus; invincible
b. deduce; retract
c. petulant; intractable
d. impetuous; provincial
e. petulant; provincial
a. impetus; invincible
Even though Alec had committed only a minor _____ of the company rules, he was punished severely because he showed no ______.
a. infraction; compunction
b. infraction; dichotomy
c. epitome; compunction
d. tome; infraction
e. epitome; infringe
a. infraction; compunction
acting passionately and without forethought
a. impetuous
b. petulant
c. impetus
d. intractable
e. protracted
a. impetuous
a feeling of regret or remorse
a. compunction
b. punctilious
c. anatomy
d. tome
e. infraction
a. compunction
a guess, often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence
a. compel
b. conjecture
c. impulse
d. expel
e. abject
b. conjecture
Barbara is the _______ of a well-behaved child and would never _____ upon her siblings' rights.
a. epitome; infringe
b. incisive; punctilious
c. dichotomy; excise
d. epitome; excise
e. dichotomy; infringe
a. epitome; infringe
Sam became so ______ that he ran away and climbed a tree, and nothing could _____ him to come down.
a. protracted; deduce
b. conducive; evince
c. petulant; induce
d. provincial; retract
e. impetus; petulant
c. petulant; induce
limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded
a. invincible
b. provincial
c. evince
d. conducive
e. deduce
b. provincial
paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful
a. compunction
b. epitome
c. dichotomy
d. incisive
e. punctilious
e. punctilious
to dramatically express emotions
a. motif
b. remiss
c. expel
d. compel
e. emote
e. emote
The scientific community is usually _____ of new theories at first, saying they are mere _______ instead of fact.
a. emotive; conjecture
b. dismissive; conjecture
c. dejected; motive
d. dismissive; motive
e. emissary; dejected
b. dismissive; conjecture
I wanted to finish my paper on the recurring _____ I had found in the novel, but other factors ______ me to give up.
a. conjecture; expelled
b. emissary; compelled
c. motif; compelled
d. emissary; expelled
e. dejected; emissary
c. motif; compelled