Nouns
Some of Shakespeare's characters deliver _______ when they have a lot of secret thoughts to tell the audience.
monologues
You can _______ interest in someone on the first date, but will you regret it when you're bored on the second one?
feign
I find the idea of slathering suntan lotion on my skin to be _______, so I use the spray-on kind.
repugnant
My friend gave me an _________ look when I told her I make $500,000 over the weekend.
(feign or incredulous)
Incredulous -- disbelieving
For this sentence, you need a word describing the kind of look the friend gave. Feign is a verb that means "to fake," so it CAN'T describe the look the friend gave.
You could use both words in the sentence if you write it like this:
My friend gave me an incredulous look when I feigned that I made $500,000 over the weekend.
Which of our unit 9 words is a synonym for "honest"?
candid
Taylor Swift has a natural _______ for entertaining crowds of people.
flair
They ______ their wedding rings with their names and the date of their wedding.
inscribed
My friend took a _______ photo of me with my hair all messy and I begged her to delete it.
candid
(drudgery or grievous)
Grievous
Drudgery does mean "something unpleasant," but it's a noun and you need an adjective here. Also, drudgery just means something is boring--getting stabbed is a lot worse than drudgery.
Which of our unit 9 words is a synonym for "nasty"?
repugnant
Black Friday shoppers sometimes amass into a giant _______ of people stampeding through the aisles.
horde
We had to _________ the design of the submarine when it became clear the calculations were wrong.
scuttle
Some blues artists sing with a _______ voice.
rasping
The most ________ action was to tell Mark to call 911 while I administered CPR.
(escalate, expedient, or impel)
Expedient
You need an adjective here that means "quick": expedient. Impel and escalate are verbs.
Which of our unit 9 words is a synonym for "back-up"?
auxiliary
Please interrupt the ________ of doing dishes and visit with me instead.
drudgery
escalate
Sometimes, the best place to learn is a college with a _________ population, where you can meet many different types of people.
heterogeneous
Because of your poor grades last quarter, I must ______ you to study after school.
(expedient, escalate, or impel)
Impel -- forcing someone to do something
Expedient only means an action is quick. Escalate means to make something more intense. While this conversation with a parent might FEEL intense, they are forcing you to do something. The verb of the sentence is NOT "making things intense on purpose."
Which of our unit 9 words is a synonym for "hoarse"?
rasping
The doctor gave me an uncertain _______ which left me anxious for days.
prognosis
The outrageous amount of money my landlord charges for rent _____ me to keep my job as long as I can.
impels
I felt ________ when my friend claimed the earth is flat.
incredulous
We can ________ this to a complaint to the boss, or we can resolve the matter between ourselves.
(expedient, escalate, or impel)
Escalate
You need a verb that means to make a situation more intense.
Expedient is wrong because it's an adjective.
Impel is wrong because it just means "to cause" or "put pressure on someone to do something." It doesn't necessarily mean to make a situation more intense.
Which of our unit 9 words is a synonym for "ambassador"?
envoy