Unit 2 Vocab Level G Completing the Sentences
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 brackish | To our dismay, we discovered that the water we had worked os hard to bring to the suface was too __________ for human consumption |
| accost | As an employee of the local polling service last summer, it was my job to _______ people on the street and ask their opinions |
| maelstrom | Many a rich southern planter saw all his or her financial resoures swallowed up in the __________ of the Civil war |
| summarily | After the prisoner had been found guilty of teason, he was led before a firing squad and ______________ executed |
| animadversion | Saying that " people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is not an effective response to their _________ on your conduct |
| undulate | During the rainy season, the highway sank at so many points that its surfae began to ________ like the track for a rollar coaster |
| suppliant | I stand befoe you an abject ________ hoping against hope for a sign of your forgiveness |
| avid | My brother is such a(n) _________ collector of toy soldiers that I sometimes think our house has been invaded by a pint-sized army |
| pejorative | The suffix-ling often has a(n) ________ connotation, as in the word princeling, derived from prince |
| devious | ON the return trip, we cut straight across the meadows rather than take the more _______ path along the river |
| propriety | IN Grandmother's day, standards of ______ required that a young lady wear a hat and gloves when whe went out in public |
| celerity | THe ________ with wich he accepted our invitation to dinner suggested that he was badly in need of a good meal |
| incendiary | The tons of ________ material ignited and turned the waste disposal plant into a roaring inferno |
| sacrilege | In the eyes of most Americans, people who burn or spit on our flag are guilty of an intolerable ___________ |
| halcyon | We looked back on those ______ years before the war broke out as a kind of "golden age" in our history |
| gambit | Any book on chess strategy usually discusses the standard opening moves, suh as the "knight's__________" |
| overt | THe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a(n) ________ act of war |
| talisman | Down in the main square, a wrinkled old peasant was selling charms and _________ to ward off the evil eye |
| histrionic | TO be really convincing on stage, an operal singer must possess both vocal and ________ abilities |
| myopic | His pae face, hunched shoulders, and ________ stare showed that he had spent his life poring over old books and documents |
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