Adjective 1
The evidence was ____________ so the case was dropped.
a. Deficient
b. Freewheeling
c. Imposing
a. Deficient
Just one of these bombs could _____ a city the size of New York.
a. Annihilate
b. Postulate
c. Mitigate
a. Annihilate
The ______ of the storm caught them by surprise
a. Ferocity
b. Enumerate
c. Deference
a. Ferocity
He wished to ______ up his theories with hard data.
a. Bolster
b. Disparage
c. Annihilate
a. Bolster
I was a little ______ about this tour from the outset.
a. Dubious
b. Squalid
c. Apprehension
a. Dubious
Brady watched the authorities, irritated at the pockets of the elite, unaffected by the __________ conditions the non-elite were forced to live in.
a. Squalid
b. Sheer
c. Ambivalent
a. Squalid
Mistakes or excessive collateral damage can ___________ its potential effectiveness.
a. Substantiate
b. Undermine
c. Disparage
b. Undermine
Field workers are currently investigating another ________ that turned up in the survey.
a. Anomaly
b. Imprudent
c. Apprehension
a. Anomaly
They __________ that they have a right to the land.
a. Concede
b. Corroborate
c. Contend
The school aims to create an atmosphere ____________ to learning.
a. Competent
b. Geriatric
c. Conducive
c. Conducive
He is ________ at cutting through red tape.
a. Conducive
b. Adept
c. Complacent
b. Adept
I would say persist and never minimize or _______ yourself or your abilities.
a. Disparage
b. Spur
c. Expend
a. Disparage
This is one of the territories that had been under Spanish ______.
a. Dominion
b. Ignominious
c. Disparage
a. Dominion
You might _______ that dogs are highly preferable to cats, however that is entirely wrong.
a. Opine
b. Spur
c. Vow
a. Opine
Health and safety are absolutely ____________ in this area to protect the cast, crew and yourself.
a. Paramount
b. Omnipotent
c. Dire
a. Paramount
He walked stiffly, with a(n) _________ limp.
a. Omnipotent
b. Squalid
c. Emphatic
d. Imposing
Its metallic waves seemed to nearly _________ off the page.
a. Mitigate
b. Enumerate
c. Promulgate
d. Undulate
d. Undulate
The boys had a(n) ____________ over the umpire's decision.
a. Culmination
b. Commission
c. Altercation
d. Paramount
c. Altercation
I waited some time, but the confusion of his thoughts appeared in no degree to ________.
a. Abate
b. Postulate
c. Spur
d. Bilk
a. Abate
Hard-edged surfaces can make bathrooms seem cold and ________.
a. Surreptitious
b. Deficient
c. Melodramatic
d. Austere
d. Austere
When the boxer got knocked out in the first round, everyone knew it was the beginning of a(n) _____________ defeat for him.
a. Galvanizing
b. Ignominious
c. Melodramatic
d. Complacent
e. Munificent
b. Ignominious
They could use their combat skills to _________ a violent revolution.
a. Impart
b. Substantiate
c. Foment
d. Disparage
e. Concede
c. Foment
Is this a ___________ we wish to set for other great regional powers as well?
a. Record
b. Postulate
c. Precedent
d. Advent
e. Petulant
c. Precedent
The air cells are not limited to the bones, but ________ through the body, and in some cases extend among the muscles.
a. Promulgate
b. Repudiate
c. Ramify
d. Spur
e. Exhort
c. Ramify
Their continuing _________ behavior sends out all the wrong signals for sportsmanship.
a. Geriatric
b. Ambivalent
c. Laconic
d. Ephemeral
e. Petulant
e. Petulant