"Reliability is our customers' _________ concern," intoned the head of the pharmaceutical company.
What is paramount?
100
After an hour of hearing the same mindless chatter, the woman said to her friend, "I will not sit her another minute and listen to you ______ on and on."
What is prattle?
100
shameless, impudent
What is brazen?
200
Synonym: obliterate the mosquitoes
What is annihilate?
200
Synonym: the flight from that country
What is a exodus?
200
In his autobiography, Frederick Douglass offers many vivid accounts about his life in ________ during his childhood and adolescence.
What is servitude?
200
On his crash diet, Walt was determined to _________ every last craving he'd ever had for ice cream, cheese, potato chips, or fast food.
What is annihilate?
200
any agent that causes change
What is catalyst?
300
Synonym: slavery in the colonies
What is servitude?
300
Synonym: careless efforts
What is slapdash?
300
In the 1960s _______ and other protesters were common on the streets.
What is militants?
300
The employees felt that the supervisor's leadership style was erratic and that her deadlines were ________ and unreasonable, so they complained to the company's owner.
What is arbitrary?
300
hidden, present but not realized
What is latent?
400
Antonym: the cheerful expression
What is morose?
400
Antonym: a fresh pond
What is stagnant?
400
If the drought continues for much longer, the livestock will begin to ________ to hunger.
What is succumb?
400
Convicted of forgery for the eighth time, the defendent seemed _________; perhaps his delight in deception blurred or erased any awareness that forgery is a crime.
What is incorrigible?
400
not able to be corrected, beyond control
What is incorrigible?
500
Antonym: confirm the accusation
What is rebut?
500
Antonym: reasoned decisions
What is arbitrary?
500
The child looked at his teacher ________ as he was _______ and finally said, "Are you scolding me, Ms. Signorelli?"
What is morosely and reprimanded?
500
If you ________ the attempts of the illegal workers to get jobs, you stand the chance of becoming an ________ yourself.