Sadlier Vocab Level G Review Units #10-12

Unfavorable evidence has emerged, forcing the _____________ of the agreement the two parties.

abrogation

The king was corrupted by power and, over time, exchanged his humility for ___________.

arrogance

The dietician looked _____________ at the sugary cereal and suggested that we ______________ it and try whole-wheat toast and fruit instead.

askance, forgo

Although many of the pioneers found it difficult at first to cope with the _____________ of frontier life, they were a hardy race who quickly became ____________ such rough-and-tumble living.

asperities, inured to

The meaning of DEPRECATE is

belittle

harmless

benign

LUMINOUS is best defined as

bright

ONEROUS most nearly means

burdensome

The "truth-in-advertising" laws that many states have passed were designed to stop crooks and ____________ form making _______________ claims about the products they offer to the unsuspecting public.

charlatans, mendacious

The aid workers deeply resented any _____________ of their motives.

derogation

In Of Human Bondage, W. Somerset Maugham's main character Philip Carey is ______________ by external adversity as well as his own self-consciousness because he was so ____________ as to have been born with a club foot.

discomfited, hapless

TANTAMOUNT most nearly means

equivalent

Though Seneca embraced the tenets of Stoicism in their entirety, Cicero ____________ not just one school of Greek philosophy but, like a true ________________, chose what he thought best from each.

espoused, eclectic

Though the man appeared to be the most _____________ pauper on the face of the Earth, he had actually ________________ large sums of money in various hiding places in the hovel he called home.

impecunious, sequestered

The detective asked question after question during the ________________ of the prime suspect.

interrogation

In Spanish class, we are learning how to phrase ______________ sentences.

interrogative

questionable

mendacious

swift

perfunctory

As soon as I heard its _____________ cries for help, I knew that the ___________ animal had once again got its paw caught in the grillwork on the front porch.

plaintive, hapless

The Prime Minister was determined to ___________ the legislative assembly until all members were present.

prorogue

LACONIC most nearly means

succinct

"We could do with fewer ___________ remarks," the teacher observed.

supererogatory

While my parents were on vacation, my aunt served as a _____________ guardian.

surrogate