Vocab 1
I don’t want to _____________ the point, but you really need to revise your written work.
a. emulate
b. belabor
c. substantiate
d. arrogate
belabor
Some people believe that a representation of the Cross can be used against vampires like
a ________________.
a. talisman
b. gambit
c. suppliant
d. halcyon
talisman
The two young colts __________ playfully in the field together.
a. verdant
b. cavorted
c. dissembled
d. evinced
cavorted
Though he never finished his dinners, the four year old’s appetite for ice cream was ________________.
a. intransigent
b. tenable
c. insatiable
d. carping
insatiable
The grass at STE is lush and ___________ all year round; of course, it’s not real grass.
a. murky
b. mefarious
c. distraught
d. verdant
verdant
Some of the episodes of the television series were fresh and original; others were just plain _______________.
a. carping
b. invidious
c. taciturn
d. banal
banal
Although he wanted to run for president, his family didn’t want to enter the ______________of media scrutiny.
a. sacrilege
b. suppliant
c. propriety
d. maelstrom
maelstrom
The coroner was ordered to __________ the body immediately for an autopsy because poisoning was suspected as the cause of death.
a. cavort
b. evince
c. exhume
d. dissemble
exhume
That argument is not ________________ ! You have no evidence to substantiate your claims!
a. intransigent
b. insatiable
c. tenable
d. banal
tenable
The _____________ cement was still wet enough for me to leave my footprint in it.
a. unwonted
b. primordial
c. viscous
d. piquant
viscous
I was shocked to learn my best friend was spreading _______________ rumors about me.
a. arrogate
b. acquisitive
c. invidious
d. eschew
invidious
Palamon was so head-over-heels for Emily that you could say he was a_______________ at the altar of love.
a. sacrilege
b. gambit
c. myopic
d. suppliant
suppliant
Leaving the oral surgeon with a big smile, the woman __________ her new teeth, a set of gleaming white porcelain veneers.
a. decried
b. exhumed
c. primordial
d. evinced
evinced
The widow was so distraught that she could not make a(n)______________ reply to the people who greeted her at the wake.
a. coherent
b. taciturn
c. substantiate
d. intransigent
coherent
The ________________ device caused a fire in the building.
a. avid
b. brackish
c. incendiary
d. devious
incendiary
The university was a fortunate beneficiary of the ________________ of a rich alumnus, who bequeathed millions of dollars to it.
a. reconnaissance
b. eschew
c. largesse
d. germane
largesse
No one could be so _____________ as to miss this very obvious point!
a. myopic
b. suppliant
c. devious
d. suppliant
myopic
Having just taken up the sport of pingpong, the lady felt __________ and frustrated, unable to return the teenage boy’s killer serves.
a. nefarious
b. feckless
c. piquant
d. substantive
feckless
St. Augustine, when confronted by God’s great works, offers up a(n) _______________ to Him for His greatness.
a. eschew
b. reconnaissance
c. encomium
d. emulate
encomium
After his third negative performance evaluation, he was ______________ fired from his job.
a. propriety
b. summarily
c accost
d. suppliant
summarily
He was trying to ______________ by not giving a straight answer to our question.
temporize
The seniors displayed a _____________ attitude towards the freshmen, ignoring them as they attempted to talk to them at the dance.
a. devious
b. suppliant
c. pejorative
d. overt
pejorative
In light of its failings, many are saying it is time to make ________________ changes to the nation’s Covid response policies.
a. nefarious
b. murky
c. unwonted
d. substantive
substantive
This teacher is always off topic, telling us anecdotes from her life; none of it is ____________ to the test!
a. germane
b. insatiable
c. intransigent
d. tenable
germane
Some worry about the ___________ of wearing black to a wedding since it is considered a color of mourning.
a. propriety
b. suppliant
c. devious
d. overt
propriety