WORDS TO CAPTURE TONE
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
a. dismay
b. malicious
c. contradictory
d. dubious
d. dubious
marked by care and persistent effort
a. haughty
b. assiduous
c. arid
d. abstinent
b. assiduous
a. dismay
b. rejection
c. foreboding
d. callous
c. foreboding
shorten
a. abbreviate
b. prolong
c. extend
d. protract
a. abbreviate
collaborate
a. unite
b. combine
c. merge
d. resist
collaborate
a. dire
b. conciliatory
c. averse
d. candor
d. candor
marked by sound judgment
a. daft
b. querulous
c. prudent
d. deleterious
c. prudent
In their opening remarks, they _________ the jury to consider only evidence presented in the trial.
a. admonished
b. perpetuated
c. bewildered
d. navigated
a. admonished
sanctuary
a. circus
b. menace
c. asylum
d. hazard
c. asylum
arid
a. conditional
b. fertile
c. amicable
d. melancholy
b. fertile
disdainfully or ironically humorous
a. jovial
b. sardonic
c. morose
d. puerile
b. sardonic
withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
a. reclusive
b. ephemeral
c. enervating
d. opulent
a. reclusive
No, it's just something to encourage people to step out and stand up for themselves and not be ________.
a. self-centered
b. arboreal
c. apathetic
d. bane
c. apathetic
ostentatious
a. rancorous
b. pretentious
c. dubious
d. haughty
b. pretentious
prosperity
a. nonchalant
b. ephemeral
c. destitution
d. opulent
c. destitution
He rolled his eyes and walked away in ________.
a. puerile
b. sincerity
c. disgust
d. enthusiasm
c. disgust
the act of improving by renewing and restoring
a. circuitous
b. renovation
c. consolidation
d. censure
b. renovation
The other patients died, but Silva’s tumors virtually vanished, to the _________ of her doctors.
a. reluctance
b. astonishment
c. brevity
d. chicanery
b. astonishment
diligent
a. industrious
b. primitive
c. oppressive
d. genuine
a. industrious
querulous
a. irritable
b. affable
c. testy
d. contradictory
b. affable
having or showing a ready disposition to fight
a. bellicose
b. dire
c. jovial
d. derisive
a. bellicose
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
a. hedonist
b. conformist
c. iconoclast
d. pacifist
a. hedonist
There’s a common perception of entrepreneurs as bold, _______, and exceedingly confident individuals.
a. brash
b. friar
c. diverse
d. pugnacious
a. brash
revamp
a. deconstruct
b. speculate
c. ponder
d. overhaul
d. overhaul
inevitable
a. certain
b. likely
c. avertable
d. destined
c. avertable