Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 7 - Completing Sentences

Let me say frankly that I ___ prejudice in anyone, even a member of my own family.

adbor

We are petitioning the council to ___ its procedures so that all citizens will have a chance to express their opinions.

amend

A person who has been ___about my many dreadful misfortunes will either become stronger or suffer a complete breakdown.

buffeted

IN our frantic search for the missing papers, we overturned everything in the room, leaving it in complete ___.

chaos

The trunk of the car was so ___ that it held all of our skiing equipment as well as our other luggage.

commodious

The American writer Dorothy Parker was celebrated for her sharp tongue and ___ wit.

corrosive

One of the signs of maturity is the ability to ___ the difference between things that are secondary and things that are truly important.

discern

In a natural history museum, we can see physical remains of many species of animals that are no longer ___.

extant

Those accused of crimes are sometimes willing to ___ their accomplices in return for immunity for prosecution.

implicate

Shakespeare tells us that "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft ___ with their bones."

inter

Although our drill instructor was determined to follow the rules, he was by no means an overbearing ___.

martinet

Getting a good education will do much to ___ the problem of finding a job that pays well.

obviate

A person who changes from one political party to another on the basis of honest conviction should not be regarded as a (n) ___.

renegade

It is particularly ___ for citizens to fail to vote in national elections and then complain about the government.

reprehensible

Who would not feel depressed on entering that ___ old courtroom, with its dim lighting and dark, massive furnishings?

somber

Are we justified in showing visitors only the most attractive and interesting sections of our cities, towns, or villages while keeping them away from the ___neighborhoods where so many people live?

squalid

We Americans are proud that each change of the national administration, far from being ___, is carried out in a peaceful and friendly manner.

turbulent

I didn't expect you to like my suggestion, but I was shocked by your bitter and ___ criticism of it.

vociferous

The records of the school board meeting on the proposed bond issue are so ___ that it would take me a week to read them.

voluminous

Confident that she could present the case effectively to a judge, the lawyer advised her client to ___ his right to a jury trial.

waive