Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 4 Choosing the right word
hoodwink
Although she looks young and inexperienced, it is not easy to _____ her, since she is a private detective by profession.
prototypes
At the design firm, the most well-received _____ for the new line of evening gowns were the ones made from a new silk blend.
auspicious
His broad education gave him a(n) _____ view of cultures different from his own.
inanimate
A great playwright's characters always seem to come alive; those of a third-rate hack stubbornly remain _____.
fated
Although the hero and the heroine were parted by circumstance, I knew that they were _____ to meet again before the last commercial.
larceny
Anyone who takes the writings of other people and presents them as his or her own is guilty of literary _____.
intrepid
Despite the threats made against his life, the _____ district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the corrupt official.
access
Far from being useless, mathematics will give you _____ to many fields of scientific study.
ardous
For most retires athletes, the comeback trial is an _____ one, and few ever get to the end of it.
pompous
His speech and manners were so _____ and stiff that he cut a somewhat ridiculous figure at our informal little get-together.
absconding
How can you accuse me of _____with all your brilliant ideas when you have never had an original thought in your life?
reprieve
I was not completely surprised when my aunt decided to _____ her decision to let me borrow her car next weekend.
revile
Instead of recognizing that he caused his own troubles, he continues to _____ all the people who were "unfair" to him.
disentangle
Like farmers separating the wheat from the chaff, the members of a jury must _____ the truth from the evidence presented to them.
pompous
My uncle can be so _____ when he lectures me about politicis.
reprieve
Only by admitting your fault and trying to make up for it can you obtain a(n) _____ from the pangs of conscience.
auspicious
Spring, with its ever-renewing promise of life, is for me the most _____ of seasons.
precipice
The general feared that the latest attacks on the city would push the situation over the _____, leading directly to a full-blown war.
rectify
The team of accountants spent hours trying to locate and then to _____ the error I had so carelessly made.
hoodwinked
The voters may seem unaware of the underlying issues, but in the long run they cannot be _____ by self-serving politicians.
anarchy
There is a vast difference between democracy, under which everyone has duties and privileges and _____, under which no one has.
daunt
Though the dangers and uncertainties of a westward passage to the Orient cowed many a brave soldier, they did not _____ Columbus.
access
To_____ the large safe, we will need the five-digit combination to the lock.
pliant
We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most _____ and receptive.
incinerate
When her eyes suddenly blazed with such fury, I felt that the heat of her glance would all but _____ me.