Vocab Level G Unit 7 Completing the Sentence and Synonyms/Antonyms
bestial
condemned the militia's DEPRAVED behavior
illusory
prone to FANCIFUL get-rich-quick schemes
pertinacious
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" seems to be the motto of that __________ young woman.
illusory
A good deal of sad experience has taught me that my youthful hopes of getting something for nothing were entirely __________.
counterparts
At the Casablanca Conference of 1943, President Roosevelt and his military aides met with their British __________ to map military strategy for the Western Allies.
effrontery
He had the __________ to come into my own home and tell me what I should do to help him.
inordinate
He is entitled to reasonable compensation for the damage to his car, but the demands he has made are totally __________.
embellished
ORNAMENTED with high-sounding phrases
allayed
Recent developments in that part of the world have intensified rather than __________ our fears of a renewed conflict.
misanthrope
a well-known PEOPLE-HATER
coterie
an influential SET of friends
inordinate
ant: MODERATE increases in profits
allay
will surely RELIEVE his anxiety
jettisoned
willingly ABANDONED their prejudices
picayune
A busy administrator in today's high pressure business world just doesn't have the time to deal with such __________ concerns as making coffee.
embellished
In the Victorian era, designers ___________ women's dresses with all sorts of elaborate frills and flounces.
misanthrope
Jonathan Swift so came to loathe human folly, vice, and hypocrisy that he died a virtual __________.
ephemeral
Many a now-forgotten "movie great" has discovered to his or her chagrin that fame may indeed be as __________ as a passing shower.
demurred
PROTESTED when asked to leave
demur
Since we all agreed that the proposal seemed to offer the best solution to our problem, it was accepted without __________.
coterie
The "Old 400" was a very small and exclusive __________ of prominent families that dominated East-Coast society for decades.
furtive
The __________ manner in which he sidled into the room and tried to avoid being noticed actually drew attention to his presence.
garish
The __________ movie palaces of an earlier era have given way to smaller theaters, decorated in a simpler, more austere style.
jettisoned
The crew of the freighter __________ most of its cargo in a desperate effort to keep the sinking ship afloat.
indigent
The disastrous stock market crash of 1929 left many a wealthy speculator as __________ as the proverbial church mouse.
bestial
The man's features suddenly contorted into a(n) __________ mask, more reminiscent of a hobgoblin then a human being.
felicitous
Though I don't consider myself much of a diplomat, I think I handled that delicate situation in a particularly __________ manner.
raiment
When Charles V retired to Spanish monastery, he exchanged the costly __________ of a King for the simple habit of a monk.
convivial
Who wouldn't have had fun among such a(n) __________ group of people?
garish
ant: UNDERSTATED taste in home furnishings
convivial
ant: a very GRIM lunch meeting
indigent
ant: the WEALTHY inhabitants of the big cities
furtive
ant: their FORTHRIGHT attempt to withdraw
raiment
donned fashionable ATTIRE
effrontery
had the GALL to demand an apology
counterpart
her COMPLEMENT at the rival company
picayune
ignore those INCONSEQUENTIAL objections
pertinacious
the DOGGED researcher
ephemeral
the FLEETING nature of power
felicitous
their APT meeting
