Synonyms
a scathing review
OPTIONS: glowing; mixed; disinterested; searing
searing
seemed decidedly straitlaced at first
OPTIONS: flamboyant; sullen; uncomfortable; knowledgeable
flamboyant
Although that writer’s rst novel was a best-seller, his success was _____, and all his later books received poor reviews.
OPTIONS: salutary; transient; vapid; scathing
transient
to mock; to treat with contempt
flout
a warning or caution
caveat
no possibility of amnesty in the foreseeable future
OPTIONS: arbitration; sympathy; help; reprieve
reprieve
a salutary development
OPTIONS: voluntary; surprising; detrimental; helpful
detrimental
The peace accord struck me as an eminently _____ arrangement because it gave neither of the contending parties an undue advantage.
OPTIONS: scathing; vapid; equitable; straitlaced
equitable
not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
unwieldy
to display conspicuously
blazon
quickly extricated the hostage
OPTIONS: punished; exchanged; freed; pardoned
freed
wrote scathing book review
OPTIONS: wordy; unreadable; understanding; bland
bland
It isn’t necessary to join an expensive gym or health club to get regular exercise; walking, which anyone can do at no charge, is quite _____ to one’s health.
OPTIONS: fractious; scathing; sepulchral; salutary
salutary
extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct
straitlaced
tending to be troublesome
fractious
transient financial difficulties
OPTIONS: occasional; continuous; fleeting; unusual
fleeting
were granted conditional autonomy
OPTIONS: rights; immunity; subjection; sovereignty
subjection
His fear of flying makes him so anxious before a business trip that he takes a light _____ one hour before takeoff to calm himself.
OPTIONS: transient; caveat; precept; soporific
soporific
funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
sepulchral
self-evident
axiomatic
an unwieldy contraption
OPTIONS: cumbersome, ingenious, ancient, mechanical
cumbersome
a fractious audience
OPTIONS: predatory; cooperative; domestic; large
cooperative
"Okay," she announced, "which one of you low-down culprits _______ the chocolate cupcake from my lunchbox?"
OPTIONS: blazoned; flouted; filched; scourged
filched
a principle, maxim
precept
a cause of affliction or suffering
scourge
a precept of democracy
OPTIONS: analysis; principle; flaw; enemy
principle
a vapid comment
OPTIONS: irrelevant; dull; unexpected; trenchant
trenchant
Despite many eradication programs, malaria remains a worldwide _____—the disease is responsible for more than a million deaths annually.
OPTIONS: precept; caveat; scourge; soporific
scourge
dull, uninteresting, tiresome
vapid
tending to induce sleep; something that induces sleep
soporific
filched a peach pie
OPTIONS: swiped; baked; judged; tasted
swiped