Grammar Police
Driving a car along those __________ mountain roads at a height of ten thousand feet calls for stronger nerves than I have.
What is Sinuous
It isn’t likely that the school administration will _______________ to your recommendation to do away with all examinations and grades.
What is Acquiesce
You certainly have a right to your opinions, but you have become so __________ that you immediately challenge opinions expressed by anyone else.
What is Contentious
The __________ personality that had made her so charming and popular was unaffected by the passage of the years.
What is Allure
A staunch believer in the equality of the sexes, Susan B. Anthony was one of the most effective __________ of women’s rights.
What is Exponents
Retailers who seek to __________ unwary consumers with false claims should feel the full penalties of the law.
What is Blithe
Now that the football season has ended, don’t you think our school’s athletes deserve a brief __________ before beginning basketball practice?
What is Respite
After I heard my new parrot’s harsh call, I decided that “Melody,” the name I had planned for it, was something of a(n) __________.
What is Misnomer
The body of the slain hero was accompanied to its final resting place by the __________ strains of a funeral march.
What is Sonorous
Excessively __________ people usually don’t have the imagination to realize that their endless chatter is boring everyone else.
What is Garrulous
I do not __________ to be heroic, but I hope I have the nerve to stand up for unpopular ideas that I believe are right.
What is Profess
With the publication of her famous book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson moved into the __________ of those seeking to protect our natural environment.
What is Vanguard
The pioneers succeeded in settling the West because they refused to admit that any obstacle, however formidable, was __________.
What is Insuperable
We can all agree that the crime situation in this community is truly __________, but what are we going to do about it?
What is Lamentable
He says that he is spending the family fortune “to promote the art of good living,” but I consider him no more than a(n) __________.
What is Wastrel
In spite of her rain-soaked clothing and __________ appearance, it seemed to me that she had never looked lovelier.
What is Disheveled
“The blinds are hanging __________ because the pull cord is all knotted and tangled,” I said.
What is Askew
For the innumerable crimes and cruelties he had committed, the tyrant had good reason to fear __________.
What is Retribution
I confess I suffered a twinge of envy when I learned that my rival had won the prize I had __________ so dearly.
What is Coveted
After all my high hopes, I was utterly __________ when the notice arrived that I had failed my driver’s test.
What is Crestfallen
The (sinuous, crestfallen) road to Hana is both unnerving and breathtaking.
What is Sinuous
Marshall McLuhan, a leading (wastrel, exponent) of TV's importance in modern life, coined the phrase "the medium is the message.
What is Exponent
The poet Shelley, entranced by the joyous song of the skylark, addressed the bird as a “(garrulous, blithe) spirit.”
What is Blithe
With her lipstick smeared, her hair disarranged, and her hat (askew, crestfallen), she certainly was a strange sight.
What is Askew
Walking out on the empty stage and speaking the opening lines of the play seem a(n) (covetous, insuperable) difficulty to the young actors.
What is Insuperable