Synonyms
whether inadvertent or done purposely
OPTIONS: accidental; harmful; tasteless; occasional
What is accidental?
abominate such practices
OPTIONS: detest; cherish; duplicate; eliminate
What is detest?
“Let me see if I can _____ matters,” I said, “by cutting through all the red tape that is tying up this project.”
OPTIONS: expedite; abominate; peculate; ferment
What is expedite?
Every day the teacher would ______ us to put our phones away before the bell.
OPTIONS: exhort; infringe; ingratiate; permeate
What is exhort?
existing in name only, not real
What is nominal?
ascribe the failure to bad luck
OPTIONS: accelerate; attribute; coerce; inscribe
What is attribute?
spied on SEDITIOUS groups
OPTIONS: loyal; monarchist; revolutionary; political
What is revolutionary?
The mediator diligently maintained her _____ attitude during negotiations so that neither party could perceive any undue advantage.
OPTIONS: tenuous; noncommittal; seditious; inadvertent
What is noncommittal?
The project's ______ requirements meant that a lot of people got low grades based on technicalities.
OPTIONS: bombastic; callow; occult; stringent
What is stringent?
the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another
What is acculturation?
abominate humid weather
OPTIONS: loathe; long for; relish; avoid
What is loathe?
with complete LASSITUDE
OPTIONS: domination; fatigue; hysteria; recklessness
What is fatigue?
We tried to _____ with Maria, but she was inconsolable for weeks after the death of her beloved cocker spaniel.
OPTIONS: commiserate; enjoin; expedite; peculate
What is commiserate?
The construction worker's ______ was evident at the end of the hot day of work.
OPTIONS: aplomb; drivel; lassitude; millennium
What is lassitude?
resistant to lawful authority
What is seditious?
strike me as a tenuous excuse
OPTIONS: brilliant; temporary; substantial; weak
What is weak?
wheedled the boss
OPTIONS: flattered; browbeat; insulted; interviewed
What is flattered?
Because the main highway was closed, we had to reach the town by a(n) _____ route, detouring out of our way for 25 miles.
OPTIONS: circuitous; noncommittal; vitriolic; inadvertent
What is circuitous?
Even the veteran hikers were worn out, but the ______ travelers thought they were going to die.
OPTIONS: bombastic; callow; occult; stringent
What is callow?
a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence
What is ferment?
surprising sangfroid for one that age
OPTIONS: education; memory; poise; strength
What is poise?
decade of social ferment
OPTIONS: unrest; change; placidity; repression
What is unrest?
In medieval times, some Europeans went on pilgrimages to see the world, while others undertook such journeys to _____ the guilt they felt for their sins.
OPTIONS: expedite; expiate; peculate; wheedle
What is expiate?
Even though the projector malfunctioned, she completed the presentation with ______.
OPTIONS: aplomb; drivel; lassitude; millennium
What is aplomb?
bitter, sarcastic
What is vitriolic?