Magoosh Verbal
Because the defendant expressed very little ____________ for his heinous crime, the judge meted out a(n) ____________ sentence.
contempt contrition apathy charitable severe peculiar
The travel writer's ______________ towards others he met on his cross-country trip most likely endeared him only to those readers with a misanthropic bent.
diffidence humility cynicism garrulity obsequiousness
For a writer with a reputation for both prolixity and inscrutability, Thompson, in this slim collection of short stories, may finally be intent on making his ideas more ________________ to a readership looking for quick edification.
aesthetic prescient palatable inaccessible transcendent
For the time being, at least, the director's intent is _______: he has remained reticent during interviews, and even viewers have had wildly divergent interpretations over the film.
fixed unambiguous equivocal provisional unorthodox
Whether the network renews the latest pilot series ____________ the critical assumption that the audience will not only empathize with a male protagonist very different from it, but will continue to do so once he begins to commit acts that are clearly reprehensible.
invites supports stems from indulges in hinges upon
Unlike classical music, which has many perennial favorites, pop music produces few ____________.
mannerisms evergreens detractors affidavits ephemera
The grammar teacher ____________ at the slightest fault, sometimes going so far as to berate students for forgetting to cross a 't'.
started caviled blanched beamed paused