Anita is ________________________ about not wasting her employer’s time. Although she uses a
computer all day, she never sends personal e-mail or plays computer games until she gets home.
Scrupulous
100
Dr. Green was disturbed to see such _______________________ in young Lisa. Usually, children
her age have a great amount of energy.
lethargy
100
A small plane flying over the beach ________________________(e)d advertising flyers to the
sunbathers below until beach police objected to the litter.
Disseminated
100
Because my grandmother is ________________________ to pneumonia, I make sure she stays
warm and healthy during the flu season.
predisposed
100
There are many possible explanations as to why some families fall apart and have little contact
while others are so much more ________________________.
cohesive
200
Our neighbor is a ____________________________ about keeping his yard neat. When a single
leaf falls off a tree, he rushes out of his house to rake it up.
____
Zealot
200
Every member of the school board but one voted to hire the new teacher. The ___________________
kept saying, “There’s something about him that I just don’t like.”
dissident
200
After earthquakes, special machinery is often brought in to ________________________ up the
heavy walls of collapsed buildings.
Hoist
200
Bob and Tina’s meeting was unusually ______________________: intending to visit someone else,
Bob knocked on Tina’s apartment door by mistake
fortuitous
200
The pilot _______________________(e)d the storm by flying above it.
circumvent
300
Not being able to read well is a(n) _______________________ to most careers.
detriment
300
The town business association has established a scholarship to ______________________ a needy
business student each year at the local college.
subsidize
300
Rachel knew that she wanted to leave her home town one day, but the sudden offer of a job in
another state _______________________(e)d her departure sooner than she expected.
precipitated
300
After Billy spent ten of his hard-earned dollars on an autographed picture of his baseball hero, he
was heartbroken to learn that the player’s signature was a(n) ______________________.
Sham
300
The earthquake was especially ________________________ for those victims who lost friends and
family as well as possessions.
Grievous
400
It’s difficult to make a child understand the need for ________________________. What parent
hasn’t had the experience of hearing his child yell out some true, but embarrassing fact, such as
“Look! That man doesn’t have any hair on his head!”
discretion
400
Timmy was _______________________ when his parents, at last, agreed to let him have the puppy
he’d been begging for. He walked around singing and smiling all day.
euphoric
400
“Your Social Security card isn’t enough,” said the clerk taking my check. “You’ll have to
_______________________ your identity with a driver’s license and a major credit card.”
Corroborate
400
Because Julie speaks both Vietnamese and English well, she acts as a(n) _____________________
between various Vietnamese immigrants and the telephone company, banks, and so on.
liaison
400
It’s hard to believe that Ana and Tomas’s baby, who was so tiny and weak when she was born
prematurely, has grown into such a _______________________ one-year-old.
Robust
500
Winnie was a happy, fun-loving girl when she got married. But five years of living with her sour,
serious husband has _________________________(e)d her bubbly personality.
squelch
500
Phyllis stole a tube of mascara just because she felt like it. She later discovered that her
_______________________ act wasn’t worth the humiliation and grief that resulted when she was
caught.
impetuous
500
It’s not wise to hire people who don’t have a business address. They are likely to be
_______________________s whose only skill is taking your money.
Charlatans
500
Alice knows she has a(n) _________________________ to overspend on clothes, so she has put
herself on a clothing budget.
propensity
500
Our house was so ________________________(e)d by carpenter ants that we finally were forced to
call an exterminator.