Vocab Lesson 7 Complete the Sentence

She knew that she could not allow a dangerous situation to continue, whether or not it would be an _______ to her supervisor

affront

Captain Keith remained ______ about leading a few ______ miners on a necessary but dangerous expedition to the old generation plant in the Nova Crater to salvage parts for the rapidly declining life support system

ambivalent; intrepid

captain keith would have been lying if he said that he didn't _______ with their pessimistic opinions

concur

One year after the _____ of the second mineral war

culmination

3 months later, the citizens of Selbyville discovered that Clayton was just a _________ when construction of the landfill began, and he mysteriously bought a new speedboat that was well beyond the range of a typical small-town mayors salary

demagogue

for 26 years he had been the mild-mannerd _______ clerk at the Selbyville courthouse

demure

the surviving inhabitants of the Europa mining colony were _____ and malnourished

destitute

every word was loaded with passion, especially when Clayton addressed Selbyville's _____ of accepting or rejecting a controversial landfill

dilemma

well-versed in history and politics, the ______ Clayton never really struck anyone as having the type of personality required to win the election

erudite

Carmen was only an ______, still learning the job

intern

going over her boss's head, carmen _______ management to adopt a safer procedure on the prodction

lobbied

at first, Carmen worried that her assertion would _____ her dream of a career as an industrial engineer

rend

Most of the miners were making _______ quips about their fate at the colony

sardonic

the change would not be costly; Carmen recommended that the company should simply ______ a few steps in the assembly line

transpose