HW 18 Sum09
You have 45 minutes to complete this homework assignment.
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1
The old restaurant was filled with a _____ of stale cigarette smoke.
apparition
vicissitude
miasma
recidivism
2
Which of the following are synonyms?
effrontery
hyperbole
audacity
impudence
3
Amy refused to ride the rollercoaster because of her risk _____ tendencies.
disconsolate
bombastic
lascivious
averse
4
Although the campers were warned against consuming poisonous mushrooms, most of the mushrooms found in their area were found to be _____.
disconsolate
adamant
eloquent
innocuous
5
Lemurs are _____ to the island of Madagascar; numerous types of these primates developed over the years.
disparate
aboriginal
effervescent
contingent
6
The _____ traveled across the land, hunting animals and gathering wild plants for food.
vicissitude
itinerant
zealot
apparition
7
As enjoyable as the autumn was, the _____ advance of the seasons meant that the cold of winter would have to come soon.
wistful
noisome
inexorable
lascivious
8
She was _____ about driving down to the beach and refused to take public transportation.
requisite
wistful
adamant
pernicious
9
Her _____ personality was perfect for working at the children's amusement park.
bombastic
effervescent
eloquent
noisome
10
Draco Malfoy hurled a(n) _____ at Harry Potter durig a rigorous duel.
apparition
itinerant
imprecation
liniment
11
Which of the following are synonyms?
rudimentary
complimentary
travesty
elementary
12
Dan's gaze was _____ as he watched the movers load the furniture into the truck and thought of all the good times he'd had in the house.
serrated
pernicious
rudimentary
wistful
13
The wealthy upper class _____ the impoverished by controlling the government secretly.
redacted
elucidated
admonished
oppressed
14
The lifeguard was very _____ when he saw the little kids go in the water.
piebald
averse
innocuous
wary
15
The boys used their cunning and _____ to catch a peek at the answer sheet for the test.
deference
recidivism
guile
imprecation
16
Turned off by the public speaker's _____ speech, the audience slowly began to disperse.
piebald
bombastic
wary
restive
17
I asked her to briefly tell me the _____ of her longwinded story.
vicissitude
itinerant
gist
miasma
18
The punk rockerʼs _____ wardrobe included neon pink leather boots.
wary
inexorable
garish
contingent
19
My sister had to purchase a special, expensive _____ for her severe acne.
imprecation
gist
liniment
miasma
20
The fact that he hadn't showered in three days seemed to explain the _____ odor coming from his body.
lithe
serrated
garish
fetid
21
The _____ wild gorilla refused to budge from the middle of the local road, blocking traffic.
stoic
restive
requisite
innocuous
22
The new presidential candidate promised to _____ all wrongs in the country.
collude
proscribe
castigate
redress
23
The university's set of rules harshly _____ plagiarism.
proscribes
redacts
aggregates
desiccates
24
The distressed parents _____ their small child for wandering off on his own once they found him on the playground.
captivated
admonished
proscribed
desiccated
25
Until she can calm down. we will have to learn to tolerate her _____ ways.
flippant
unctuous
skeptical
pithy
26
In _____ to my parents' belief against alcoholic beverages, I did not drink wine with my meal when they visited.
lassitude
apparition
deference
gist
27
The old woman was _____ at her husband's funeral, whom she was happily married to for fifty year.
disconsolate
docile
anterior
profligate
28
While the Titanic sank, the passengers were frantic with fear while the captain remained _____, alone in his cabin.
stoic
docile
pithy
wary
29
While exploring the old, abandoned house, Jay nearly fainted when an _____ appeared in the doorway of the kitchen.
zealot
liniment
apparition
deference
30
Mr. Marshall hated teaching during the period following lunch, it was impossible to overcome his students' _____ and capture their attention.
vicissitude
zealot
lassitude
deference
31
The patient's mental instability hindered her from successfully coping with the _____ of life.
miasmas
vicissitudes
guiles
imprecations
32
The _____ prosecutor was laughed out of the courtroom as the judge yelled at him for constantly wasting her time with minor offenses.
unctuous
lithe
profligate
disconsolate
33
While driving by the landfill, I got a whiff of a _____ odor.
stoic
bombastic
piebald
noisome
34
Which of the following are synonyms?
abdicate
expunge
clarify
elucidate
35
The _____ cat allowed the small girl to bother her, pushing it around and pulling on its fur.
aboriginal
averse
docile
restive
36
The Greek soldiers _____ to build an enormous, wooden horse in order to defeat the Trojans.
captivated
elucidated
admonished
colluded
37
A person convicted of _____ battery, or statutory rape, would be facing a maximum sentence of fifteen yeras in prison.
lithe
lascivious
flippant
errant
38
Always a man of few words, Arnold made _____ comments about politics during the meeting.
pithy
anterior
effervescent
wary
39
Kelly disrupted everyone else's concentration by _____ in the library instead of focusing on studying.
dawdling
proscribed
descried
colluding
40
Although night setting in, I could _____ my dog hiding in the bush after he ran out of the front door.
oppress
descry
expropriate
castigate
41
Barack Obama was very _____ during his Presidential Speech, articulating and reaching out to so many people's hearts and expressing what he meant for America.
flippant
fetid
eloquent
inexorable
42
Overdosing on drugs can have _____ results causing death.
profligate
skeptical
pernicious
rudimentary
43
The journalist prepared to thoroughly _____ her masterpiece article that was to be published the following week.
redress
redact
desiccate
descry
44
Jake was _____ when his mother claimed that she needed an exorcism to rid a demon from her body.
skeptical
disparate
aboriginal
restive
45
The frantic sheepdog frantically attempted to _____ the lost sheep back into their pen.
oppress
descry
elucidate
aggregate
46
Our police officers were too busy dealing with _____ teenagers to notice the corruption in city hall.
rudimentary
stoic
errant
effrontery
47
Her beautiful green eyes and graceful figure _____ her many suitors.
redressed
captivated
castigated
dawdled
48
The farmer _____ the seaweed by laying it out in the scorching sun.
desiccated
redressed
redacted
colluded
49
The angry teacher harshly _____ her students for cheating during their math test.
castigated
desiccated
redacted
aggregated
50
The _____ ballerina was able to gracefully bend her body, even in odd angles, throughout the show.
pernicious
docile
requisite
lithe
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