The politician's career was marred by the ___________ of his publicize affair.
a. idiosyncrasy
b. penchant
c. sophistry
d. ignominy
e. nuance
What is ignominy?
100
After spending a week in New York City, I was happy to leave the __________ pace of city life and return to a calmer, more relaxed lifestyle.
a. esoteric
b. frenetic
c. inane
d. plenary
e. fecund
What is frenetic?
100
The athlete was accustomed to having his peers _________ him in high school and couldn't understand why his college classmates didn't continue to praise him for his physical prowess.
a. delineate
b. garner
c. nettle
d. atrophy
e. hallow
What is to hallow?
100
The senior prank elicited such a scathing ____________ from both the principal and the vice principal that the students felt remorse.
What is a diatribe?
100
Too many families suffered in _________ poverty during the Great Depression.
a. abject
b. fecund
c. overweening
d. mundane
e. derelict
What is abject?
200
The peaceful negotiations ended in _____________ as the companies decided to merge rather than remain competitors.
a. bastion
b. concord
c. grouse
d. exigency
e. atrophy
What is concord?
200
By the debate's third hour, both candidates were ready to protest if the moderator asked another _________ question.
a. figment
b. intermittent
c. inane
d. plenary
e. mordant
What is inane?
200
While planning the banquet, the students tried to ____________ all of the tasks involve and then delegate each to at least one student.
a. delineate
b. enervate
c. glean
d. garner
e. consummate
What is to delineate?
200
The evidence against the woman was so strong that a(n) _____________ seemed inevitable.
a. figment
b. fiat
c. indictment
d. diatribe
e. surveillance
What is an indictment?
200
Even though the topic was interesting, the presentation was _____________ and bored the audience to tears.
a. idiosyncratic
b. reputed
c. sumptuous
d. mundane
e. ludicrous
What is mundane?
300
She was a __________ in the recording industry during the 90s but is now a household name.
a. travesty
b. derelict
c. neophyte
d. figment
e. grouse
What is a neophyte?
300
After the success of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling's fans wondered what her _________ mind would imagine next.
a. depraved
b. derelict
c. neophyte
d. fecund
e. ludicrous
What is fecund?
300
The public defender had only twenty minutes to skim over the evidence to __________ the essential facts of the case.
a. nettle
b. atrophy
c. glean
d. consummate
e. disarray
What is to glean?
300
The slow-moving child did not understand the ____________ of the situation and needed to be whisked away by his mother.
a. travesty
b. stratagem
c. flotsam
d. exigency
e. acuity
What is exigency?
300
After years of practice, the _____________ violinist played at Symphony Hall.
a. consummate
b. plenary
c. inane
d. ludicrous
e. abject
What is consummate?
400
Even though she was not the one who stole the purse, her email exchange with the accused thief demonstrated ______________.
a. idiosyncrasy
b. disarray
c. atrophy
d. stratagem
e. complicity
What is complicity?
400
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) handled all of the company's ____________ matters.
a. sumptuous
b. pecuniary
c. pusillanimous
d. esoteric
e. moot
What is pecuniary?
400
Every year, the seniors __________________ their high school social experience with a class trip.
a. atrophy
b. garner
c. glean
d. consummate
e. hallow
What is to consummate?
400
After the oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, the beach sat in ruin as oil-soaked wildlife became _____________.
a. figment
b. flotsam
c. moot
d. sylvan
e. agnostic
What is flotsam?
400
The serial killer was condemned for his ______________ actions.
a. consummate
b. plenary
c. depraved
d. reputed
e. inane
What is depraved?
500
The investigator was renowned for her _______________ in assessing crime scenes and was therefore the first called to the scene.
a. perspicacity
b. indictment
c. sophistry
d. concord
e. effigy
What is perspicacity?
500
A little humility would have been a nice change from her typically ______________ pride.
a. overweening
b. fecund
c. inane
d. recumbent
e. frenetic
What is overweening?
500
I interviewed the candidate to ___________ as much information as possible so that I had enough material to write the article.
a. nettle
b. consummate
c. atrophy
d. enervate
c. garner
What is to garner?
500
The army set up a _____________ in front of the castle to prevent the enemy invasion.
a. stratagem
b. flotsam
c. fiat
d. penchant
e. bastion
What is a bastion?
500
The five star restaurant served a ________________ meal, replete with six courses.
a. intermittent
b. sylvan
c. derelict
d. penchant
e. sumptuous