Synonyms
assent to their pleas
OPTIONS: submit; fall; consent; react
consent
discrepancy in the books
OPTIONS: consistency; problem; untidiness; deviation
consistency
There was only a small _____ between my checkbook balance and the balance on my bank statement, so I decided not to redo all my calculations.
OPTIONS: discrepancy; temerity; repose; clemency
discrepancy
easily done or attained
OPTIONS: facile; truculent; infallible; chivalrous
facile
marked by honor, courtesy, and courage
OPTIONS: remiss; chivalrous; altruistic; infallible
chivalrous
plod down the path
OPTIONS: lumber; skip; wander; limp
lumber
plodded into the ring
OPTIONS: trudged; stumbled; pranced; chased
pranced
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was widely considered a failure during his lifetime, but his soaring music symbolizes his _____ spirit and his refusal to yield to the sorrow and disappointment he experienced.
OPTIONS: facile; truculent; virulent; indomitable
indomitable
to rest
OPTIONS: dearth; repose; clemency; temerity
repose
unconquerable, refusing to yield
OPTIONS: infallible; pungent; indomitable; altruistic
indomitable
in an altruistic mood
OPTIONS: selfless; selfish; greedy; intolerable
selfless
never diffident
OPTIONS: bashful; bold; discouraged; thoughtful
bold
In a public school in Harlem, a(n) _____ has guaranteed all of the children entering kindergarten this year that if they graduate from high school, he will give each of them a four-year, all-expenses-paid college scholarship.
OPTIONS: benefactor; assent; temerity; clemency
a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply
OPTIONS: discrepancy; dearth; clemency; repose
dearth
extremely poisonous
OPTIONS: truculent; pungent; chivalrous; virulent
virulent
remiss in the matter
OPTIONS: negligent; overbearing; knowledgeable; compliant
negligent
reacted with temerity
OPTIONS: shock; disapproval; timidity; brashness
timidity
Meteorologists on television often boast about their _____ accuracy, but when the weather turns snowy instead of sunny, they are forced to admit that they're not absolutely dependable.
OPTIONS: pungent; infallible; truculent; virulent
infallible
causing a sharp sensation
OPTIONS: virulent; pungent; altruistic; truculent
pungent
mercy, humaneness
OPTIONS: clemency; discrepancy; dearth; assent
history of being diffident
OPTIONS: timid; challenging; jaunty; friendly
timid
unfeigned feelings
OPTIONS: unpredictable; sincere; phony; unrequited
phony
In Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, the orphaned Oliver walks up to the stern headmaster and, holding out his empty bowl, has the _____ to ask what none of the boys had ever dared to ask before: “Please, sir, may I have more?”
OPTIONS: temerity; clemency; discrepancy; dearth
temerity
fierce and cruel
OPTIONS: pungent; truculent; virulent; altruistic
truculent
neglectful in performance of one's duty, careless
OPTIONS: indomitable; pungent; truculent; remiss
remiss