Vocabulary workshop level h unit 14 completing the sentence

although the premier enjoyed al the _____ of high office, in practice he was merely a figurehead who wielded very little power.

accoutrements

though her career in the movies had its ups and downs over the years, it reached its ____ when she won an actual academy award.

apogee

____ of your remarks on the probable effect of the law, may I quote from the column of a well-known political commentator?

apropos

I hate to _____ with you over the cost of a few gallons of gas, but I have to because I don't have a dime to spare.

bicker

their respective talents seemed to ____ so that they eventually developed into a well-rounded and highly productive team.

coalesce

five minutes after arriving at the dance, i upset the punch bowl-- the first of many ____ that made the evening a nightmare.

contretemps

it was absolutely impossible to follow the ____ of the man's tortuous reasoning as he desperately tried to prove his point.

convolution

from the vast mass of unsolicited manuscripts, the editor ____ the few that might be considered for publication.

cull

there are so many ____ elements in her personality that I find it hard to tell you what kind of person she is.

disparate

you can't hope to hold a fruitful conversation if you are so ____ that you issue pronouncements instead of offering opinions.

dogmatic

does "artistic freedom" justify the making of a movie that is deliberately vulgar and ____ in the hope of cashing in at the box office?

licentious

our purpose is to help people in trouble, not to ____ out justice like a court of law.

mete

how can we continue to live in this ____ atmosphere of suspicion and hatred?

noxious

the report was not an impartial assessment of the problems we face; it was an impartial

polemic

problems such as overcrowding, traffic congestion, and air pollution are more common in big cities than they are in less ____ areas.

populous

they possess the kind of unshakeable ____ that not only precludes to lying but also requires to express the truth, no matter what.

probity

true, you did reply to the wisecrack, but I hardly regard "Not!" as an outstanding example of devastating

repartee

after the noisy excitement of the big party, the eerie silence that suddenly ____ seemed unnatural and difficult to accept.

supervene

the lower end of the ridge had been somewhat ____ by the action of the glacial erosion many thousands of years ago.

truncate

although the author's conclusions are open to debate, the scholarship upon which they are based is

unimpeachable