Vocab 9-10
Successful politicians are good at giving ______ answers to questions on controversial issues.
Ambiguous
All rectangles are ___, but not all ___ are rectangles.
Polygon(s)
People from around the world made appeals to the parties on all sides of the conflict to stop the ____.
Carnage
Though the Adventist church has a set of 29 fundamental beliefs and suggested baptismal vows, the church’s only official ___ is the Bible.
Creed
The bumblebee stung him on the ____ portion of his anatomy.
Posterior
Christopher Wren, a great architect who designed London’s St. Paul Cathedral, had himself buried there with the ____, “If you seek my monument, look around you.”
Epitaph
The Wizard of Oz begins in black and white, but becomes ____ once Dorothy lands in Oz.
Polychromatic
Christians do not ascribe to the concept of ____, as it is not consistent with the teaching of Jesus.
Reincarnation
Even though the young team did not win the tournament, they turned in a ____ performance in the playoffs.
Creditable
The stealth bomber is created to ___ incoming radar waves.
Deflect
Amphitheater(s).
Dissension
The young man presented his date with a ____ when they attended the etiquette dinner.
Carnation
Each member of the family had signed an ____ stating that he or she believed the will to be valid.
She couldn’t understand her dad’s words, but she knew from his ____ that he was asking a question.
Inflection
____ can be used to measure temperatures as high as 2300 degrees Celsius, or as low as -270 Celsius.
Thermocouple
Though she was raised din a small town, she liked living in the city because the population there wasn’t so ____.
Homogenous
Many athletes have ____ appetites, consuming large amounts of food to power their strenuous activities.
Voracious
He scoffed and said that no one still gives any ____ to the story of the Loch Ness monster.
Credence
Reporters had a very interesting ____ discussion of the election.
Postmortem
Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s hero, was a notorious ____, always trying to protect himself from drafts of cold air.
Hypochondriac
The concept of a ____ soup where the earliest living tings swam is important to the theory of evolution.
Primordial
In spite of their frightening appearance, marine iguanas are peaceable ____ animals that feed mostly on seaweed.
Herbivorious
People who manage funds for other people have a ____ responsibility to invest those funds only for the benefit of the people they belong to.
Fiduciary
Vincent Van Gogh’s ____ fame is interesting, considering that he sold very few painting while he lived.
Posthumous