Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 5 Completing The Sentence - Flashcards | StudyHippo.com (2024)

Trina Garrison

7 July 2022

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We were all impressed by your ______ use of unusual words and expressions that you had learned only a few hours before.

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facile

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It was quite _____ of you to give up your seat so that the man with the cane did not have to stand during the bus trip.

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chivalrous

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Your _____ joy when it was announced that I had won the scholarship meant more to me than all the polite congratulations I received.

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unfeigned

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Doctors attributed the epidemic to the rampant spread of a particularly _____ strain of influenza virus.

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virulent

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I rarely join the discussions because I am _____.

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diffident

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History tells us that many men and women regarded as failures in their own lifetimes were actually major _____ of humanity.

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benefactors

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Humor should be clever and amusing but never so _____ that it hurts the feelings of other people.

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pungent

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The exhausted refugees _____ along the dusty road, hoping to reach the Red Cross camp before midnight.

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plodded

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As soon as the last passenger had _____, the captain ordered the ship to get under way.

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embarked

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The rash young lieutenant had the _____ to disregard the express orders of the commanding officer.

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temerity

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The custom of putting erasers on pencils is one way of recognizing the fact that no one is _____.

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infallible

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My parents will not _____ my going to the dance unless I promise faithfully to be home no later than 1:00 A.M.

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assent

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Refusing to admit defeat even when things looked completely hopeless, our _____ football team drove eighty-five yards in the last few minutes to score the winning touchdown.

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indomitable

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In view of the many able people in public life today, I do not agree that we are suffering from a(n) _____ of capable leaders.

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dearth

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Emphasizing the youth of the convicted man, the defense attorney pleaded for _____.

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discrepancy

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The principal claimed that there were major ____ between what actually happened in the school and the way the incident was reported on TV.

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discrepancies

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He is not merely unpleasant but actually dangerous whenever he gets into one of his _____ moods.

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truculent

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As a school cafeteria guard, I would be _____ in my duties if I failed to report a serious disturbance.

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remiss

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What good are _____ principles if no real attempt is made to help people by putting those principles into practice.

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altruistic

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I did not realize how beautiful the twins were until they fell asleep and i saw their faces in complete _____.

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repose

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D : thoughtless C : smooth A : relax D : accord B : mild

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