DEFINITIONS
WORTHY, DESERVING RECOGNITION AND PRAISE
What is MERITORIOUS
She smiled with PLEASURE
What is UMBRAGE
DURING WWII, THE US, ENGLAND, AND THE SOVIET UNION WERE ALLIES, FORMING A(N) ____ TO OPPOSE GERMANY, JAPAN, AND ITALY.
What is COALITION
IT IS THE JOB OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER TO __ ON BEHALF OF ANY DEFENDANT WHO CANNOT AFFORD LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
What is INTERCEDE
EXCESSIVE SELF-INDULGENCE
What is DECADENCE
She was tired and IRRITABLE
What is PETULANT
DIRECT STATEMENT that caused much damage
What is INNUENDO
POLITICAL LOBBYIST REGULARLY __ WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO PERSUADE THEM TO SUPPORT OR REJECT PARTICULAR POLICIES.
What is EXPOSTULATE
BEFORE A MISSION, THE ASTRONAUTS CONDUCT SOME OF THEIR TRAINING IN SPECIAL MACHINES THAT ___ ZERO-GRAVITY CONDITIONS THAT THEY WILL ENCOUNTER IN SPACE.
What is SIMULATE
TO ATTEMPT TO DISSUADE SOMEONE FROM SOME COURSE OR DECISION BY EARNEST REASONING
What is EXPOSTULATE
based on NARROW-MINDED attitudes
What is PROVINCIAL
a truly ORIGINAL story
What is HACKNEYED
ON A SWELTERING SUMMER'S DAY, EVEN THE CATTLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET SOME COMFORT BY RESTING IN THE ___ OF A TREE.
What is UMBRAGE
THE POLICE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO __ A CONFESSION FROM THE SUSPECTS, BUT THE LATTER CONSISTENTLY DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME.
What is ELICIT
TO QUIET OR CALM
What is ASSUAGE
I asked him to INTERVENE in the dispute, but he refused.
CONTINUITY or CONTINUATION
What is HIATUS
IT IS THE FUNCTION OF GENIUS TO __ THE ORDINARY, THE COMMONPLACE, AND THE EXPECTED AND TO LEAVE US BREATHLESS IN WONDER AT ITS ORIGINALITY.
What is TRANSCEND
CLICHES SUCH AS "SMART AS A WHIP" AND "COOL AS A CUCUMBER" ARE __, STALE EXPRESSIONS, AND YOU SHOULD TRY TO AVOID THEM IN YOUR WRITING.
What is HACKNEYED
PALE OR SALLOW IN COLOR
What is LURID
the PRIVILEGES of membership
What is PREROGATIVES
UNSPOILED countryside
What is JADED
Her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely _________
What is UNCTUOUS
SERIOUS ILLNESS FORCED A(N) ___ IN HER EDUCATION; HOWEVER, SHE RECOVERED QUICKLY AND RETURNED TO SCHOOL WITH MORE FOCUS.
What is HIATUS