unit 12 vocab sentences
I would expect the recreation director of a cruise ship to be a __________ person.
gregarious
Prehistoric peoples banded together into tribes, not only for protection, but also to satisfy their _____ instincts.
gregarious
Since extroverts are _____ by nature, they usually prefer not to live alone.
gregarious
Once again, my younger brother has become the _____ victim of a silly practical joke.
hapless
The ____ creature had somehow gotten its foot caught in the grate and could not extricate it without help.
hapless
When the scandal broke, the man found himself the _____ victim of other people's misdeeds
hapless
Her sense of tact is so ____ and unerring that she can handle the most trying situation as if it were mere child's play.
impeccable
Never once has the least whiff of a scandal or impropriety tainted the man's _____ reputation as an upstanding member of this agency.
impeccable
We always consulted my grandmother about what to wear because she had _____ taste in clothing.
impeccable
I don't know which is more painful- to have to ask someone for a favor or to have some unfortunate ______ one for help.
importune
My bankrupt uncle ___ my father for a loan.
importuned
The whiny toddler ____ his mother for a snack.
importuned
Suddenly I was surrounded by a mob of street urchins loudly _____ me for a handout.
importuning
As his irrepressible flow of reminiscences continured without a letup, I tried in vain to _____ a few observations of my own.
interpolate
At the director's request, the screenwriter __________ some new lines into the script.
interpolated
Many scholars believe that Beaumont or Fletcher ______ a scene or two into the present text of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
interpolated
A diplomat must always proceed on the assumption that no rupture between nations, no matter how serious is ______.
irreparable
I was greatly relieved to learn that the accident I had with my car last week didn't do any _____ damage to the motor.
irreparable
The husband believed that the surgeon did __________ harm to his wife and sued the doctor and the hospital.
irreparable
The senator issued a ___ statement declaring her innocence after the accusations of fraud were made public.
laconic
When asked what terms he would offer the Confederate army, General Grant made the _______ reply, "Unconditional surrender!"
laconic
I thought our state legislators would consider the proposal at the earliest opportunity, but they let it _____ in committee for months.
languish
Though I left the house feeling "as fit as a fiddle" my spirits began to ____ after only five minutes in that withering heat.
languish
Without the constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial, the accused could ___ in jail for years.
languish
After the death of his wife of seven decades, a grieving Mr. Johnson _______ in their quiet apartment.
languished
"Despite taking an oath to tell the truth, Laurie offered clearly _____ testimony," complained the frustrated defense attorney.
mendacious
Fortunately, our lawyer was able to produce documents that disproved the ___ assertions of our former partner.
mendacious
The deputy gave a __________ account of his employer's actions on the day of the alleged crime.
mendacious
To say that he is _____ does not even begin to convey just how alienated he is from any regard for the truth.
mendacious
At the _____ of his popularity, the prime minister decided to resign his office and call for new elections.
nadir
Every general seems to have one defeat that marks the _____ his military fortunes--for example, Lee at Gettysburg, or Grant at Cold Harbor.
nadir
One of the comforting things about reaching the ___ of one's career is that the only place to go from there is up.
nadir
Responding to the melancholy note in the song of the nightingale, Keats wrote of its "_____ anthem."
plaintive
She sang a _____ little ditty about a man who yearns wistfully for the girl he left behind many years before.
plaintive
The recently widowed man spoke of his loneliness in a ____ tone of voice.
plaintive
I hope to ___ my parents for all the care they have shown me.
requite
We made sure to _____ the neighbors for looking after our house while we were away.
requite
"Don't you think it's a little foolish to pursue the young lady when your warm feelings for her are clearly not ________ ?" I asked.
requited
One wall of the museum was filled with charms and _____ designed to ward off everything from a hangnail to the evil eye.
fetishes
Although fate has decreed that he make his living as a stockbroker, his main interests and talents are definitely ____.
aesthetic
From a(n) __ point of view, the painting didn't appeal to me, but I kept it because it was a memento of my childhood.
aesthetic
In the Poetics and the Metaphysics, Greek philosopher Aristotle discusses the purpose of art and identifies important _____ principles.
aesthetic
Since the structure had no practical purpose, keeping it in place could only be justified on ___ grounds.
aesthetic
I could find no forwarding address or phone number for the ___ organization.
defunct
Though few of us today stand on ceremony to quite the extent that our ancestors did, common courtesy is by no means ______.
defunct
I felt a little foolish when the librarian told me that I was asking for the current issue of a magazine that had long been _____.
defunt
The general tried to ___ his enemies by repeatedly beginning an advance and then pulling back.
discomfit
The sternness of my boss's expression so ______ me that at first I had difficulty responding to the question.
discomfited
Last night, Central High's Shooting Stars captured the basketball championship by _____ the South High Slammers, 61 to 44.
discomfiting
In our desire to improve the quality of life in America, we should not be too quick to ______ an idea simply because it is new.
espouse
It's easy enough to back a popular program, but it takes real courage to _____ a cause that most people oppose.
espouse
To appeal to the large number of dissatisfied voters, the candidate ___ a strong program of reform.
espoused
It is one thing to be concerned about discipline; it is quite another to make a ______ of it
fetish
The rabbit's foot, once a very popular ___ seems to have lost its hold on the public imagination.
fetish
No matter where candidates for high political office go these days, the _______ eye of the TV camera seems focused on them.
omnipresent
The _____ threat of a nuclear holocaust that characterized the Cold War era changed many people's attitudes toward war in profound ways.
omnipresent
They believed in an _________ deity that existed in all things.
omnipresent
Faced with a tight deadline, the exhausted editor gave the young reporter's article a hurried and _____ edit.
perfunctory
Perhaps we should be overjoyed that the great man condescended to give us a(n) ______ nod as we passed by.
perfunctory
The police made a ___ search for the missing handbag, but they really did not expect to find it.
perfunctory
They claim to have made a thorough search of the premises, but I suspect that their efforts were no more than ______.
perfunctory
The armed invasion of their territory was ____ to a declaration of war.
tantamount
The legal adage "Silence implies consent" means that not objecting to an action that concerns you is ______ to approving it.
tantamount
When you get more experience on the job, you will learn that a "request" from your employer is _____ to an order.
tantamount