VOCAB WORKSHOP SENTENCES UNIT 8

avail

All her efforts to get more business for her troubled company proved to be of no ____, and the store had to close down.

scavenger

Although the vulture has a decidedly poor reputation, it does a seful ob as a(n) ____ clearning away decaying matter.

unflagging

As a teenager, she developed a(n) ____ interest in biology that led to a lifelong career.

proclaims

Each year the president ____ the last Thursday in the month of November as a day of national thanksgiving.

fervent

Een after her retired and we expected him to slow down, his efforts in support of his beloved school remained ____.

stoical

He tried to appear stoical when he heard the bad news, but I realized that he was deeply hurt.

rankled

His failure to win the election ____ in his mind until it caused a complete emotional breakdown.

perceptible

I didn't think she would have the nerve to ask me for a loan, but she did it-and with no ___ embarrassment.

enmity

In our community, people of many ethnic backgrounds work together without jealousy or ____.

cryptic

Instead of giving us a clear answer, the speaker confined himself to the ____ prophecy that "time will tell."

cronies

My father has three ____ who go with him each year on a camping trip in the High Sierras.

inflitrate

Over a period of years, words and phrases used in the field of computer science ____ everyday speech.

gaunt

Shakespeare said that Cassius had a "lean and hungry look," but I would describe him by the single word ____.

proxy

Since I will not be able to attend the meeting, I hereby appoint Ms. Brown to act as my ____.

nullified

The rise in the cost of living ____ my efforts to save some money from my small salary.

divergent

The statements by witnesses are so ____ that it's hard to know how the accident actually happened.

stint

Their parents had ___ for many years to save the money needed to send the children to college.

attired

To prepare for the job interview, she ____ herself in a neat, simple navy blue suit.

abuts

We decided not to buy the house, mainly because he property it stands on unfortunately ____ the noisy main highway.

plummeted

We watched in dismay as our new model airplane suddenly went out of control and ____ to the ground.