Vocabulary From Latin and Greek Roots — Book VI, Unit 3 (Sentences)
synod
It fell to the _ to issue rules governing the whole Church.
emblematic
Nothing is more _ of the success of international trade than the thriving marketplace in the center of the city.
hyperbole
Since callers to the emergency line often used _ to describe their injuries, the medical staff tended not to take them seriously.
demise
Television may be bad for society, but has it really brought about the _ of our culture?
inveighed; diabolical
The Senator _ against the Prime Minister for hours, calling him a(n) _ tyrant and a cold-blooded murderer.
synod; remit
The _ called by the Czar voted unanimously not to _ church monies to France.
episodic
The _ nature of the author's poems makes it easy to spot recurring patterns and cycles.
inveigh
The orator knew that choosing to _ against the Emperor would mean certain death.
vehement; demise
Tiffany hoped that her _ protest of the new smoking ban would bring about the _ of a government she considered corrupt and untrustworthy.
diabolical
When the investigative reporter looked more closely into the crime, she found a conspiracy so _ that it made her hair stand on end.
hyperbole; surmised
Because Julia rarely used _, when she told us about what she had found at the crime scene, we _ that something truly terrible had happened.
vehement
Bob was _ in his opposition to changing the company's marketing policy.
methodical; emblematic
Dave's boss criticized him for being too strict and _, saying that such lack of creativity was _ of the problems in the company as a whole.
surmised
From the disorderly state of the room, Anita _ that the children had been roughhousing again.
methodical
George continued to work in his slow, _ way, never deviating from the list in front of him.
remit
If you _ the lawyer's fee before the trial, you will receive reimbursement after the case is settled in your favor.
vehement
In a voice that grew more and more _, Danny insisted that he had not been present on the night of the crime.
