Mike proved to be ______ throw after throw, hitting the carnival
dart game’s bull’s eye every time.
a. sedentary
b. temporal
c. mediocre
d. infallible
e. infeasible
Patrick, who was always joking, added ______ to the formal dinner,
which his sedate employer did not appreciate.
a. contemplation
b. ordinance
c. tutelage
d. levity
e. sincerity
I like listening to Wesley go on about politics and social issues; his
opinions are ______ with my own beliefs.
a. latent
b. explicit
c. consonant
d. ensconced
e. rife
Most people will find the film silly and childish in its humor; the
most ______ viewers will find it downright crass and offensive.
a. servile
b. petulant
c. fastidious
d. arcane
e. boisterous
When Melinda arrived in the impoverished city, she was
immediately ______ by bands of children begging for food.
a. bedraggled
b. accosted
c. infiltrated
d. rebuked
e. exacerbated
After fighting the five-alarm fire, the ______ firefighter could not
relax enough to unwind and get some rest.
a. amicable
b. treacherous
c. pliable
d. durable
e. overwrought
The villagers locked their doors when they heard about the pirates
who were ______ unprotected villages along the island’s coastline.
a. reforming
b. marauding
c. reclaiming
d. conceding
e. recapitulating
I could tell by Angelica’s ______ tone that she was still very angry
with me.
a. ingratiating
b. adjacent
c. oblique
d. acerbic
e. eloquent
Acting in the high school play served to ______ Ander’s appetite
for professional acting.
a. satiate
b. whet
c. purport
d. incriminate
e. corral
It would take many hours of cleaning and repairing for the young
family to transform the ______ into a clean and comfortable little
cottage.
a. territory
b. manor
c. hovel
d. demesne
e. hacienda
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This summer’s movies are ______ for audiences of escape-the-heat
mindless entertainment—not one film offers a substantive or even
plausible plot.
a. privation
b. dulcet
c. jargon
d. fodder
e. germane
The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ______ the
revolution.
a. prelude
b. intimate
c. congregate
d. irradiate
e. quell
The architect designed the ceiling using wood ______ that would
remain uncovered, creating a rustic ambience in the living room.
a. pediments
b. joists
c. mullions
d. banisters
e. abutments
When the house on the corner burned down, the entire
neighborhood ______ together to help to the victims re-establish
their lives.
a. rallied
b. recited
c. skulked
d. disintegrated
e. expedited