Synonyms
sorry to infringe on their property
OPTIONS: encroach; purchase; suspect; camp
encroach
according to stringent rules
OPTIONS: stern; permissive; random; simple
permissive
In the current economic climate, banks and other financial institutions enforce __ regulations on businesses that wish to apply for loans.
OPTIONS: stringent; intrinsic; callow; bombastic
stringent
a period of one thousand years
millennium
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
ameliorate
surprised by the dog’s lassitude
OPTIONS: fierceness; fatigue; liveliness; vigor
fatigue
a bombastic campaign speech
OPTIONS: plain; memorized; raving; confident
plain
This ragged handmade quilt made long ago by my great-grandmother has very little ____ value as an antique or a work of art, but to my family, it is priceless.
OPTIONS: bombastic; ex officio; intrinsic; stringent
intrinsic
poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity
aplomb
to conjecture or guess
surmise
to ingratiate the host with a present
OPTIONS: cozy up to; ask permission of; imitate; resist
cozy up to
make a precipitate decision
OPTIONS: reckless; foolish; cautious; fateful
cautious
American writer Shirley Jackson is best known for her tales of horror and the _____, which are all the more terrifying because they take place in realistic, everyday settings.
OPTIONS: occult; millennium; epitome; aplomb
occult
a summary, condensed account
epitome
an intruder, one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be
interloper
disliked the bombastic tone
OPTIONS: simple; whiny; mournful; inflated
inflated
counseled by a callow student
OPTIONS: sophomore; witty; mature; unlettered
mature
The driver education instructor _____ learners always to buckle their seatbelts, observe the posted speed limit, and drive alertly and defensively.
OPTIONS: occult; precipitate; exhorted; inveigh
exhorted
to urge strongly, advise earnestly
exhort
by virtue of holding a certain office
ex officio
admired his aplomb
OPTIONS: intellect; courage; composure; talent
composure
such occult knowledge
OPTIONS: common; supernatural; basic; advanced
common
The poet was utterly convinced that she had written a masterpiece, but her words sounded like pure _______ to my ears.
OPTIONS: aplomb; drivel; lassitude; surmise
drivel
without experience
callow
foolish, aimless talk or thinking
drivel
inveigh against the hoodlums
OPTIONS: protect; unite; remonstrate; lobby
remonstrate
ingratiating behavior
OPTIONS: accepting; humiliating; responsible; annoying
humiliating
We made the deans of the colleges ________ members of the curriculum committee because we feel that their expertise will certainly be helpful.
OPTIONS: occult; precipitate; stringent; ex officio
ex officio
to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval
inveigh
to spread through, penetrate, soak through
permeate