Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 9 - Completing Sentence

___ is never so bitter as when it arises among people who were once close friends.

Rancor

The teacher decided to _____ a corner of the classroom to an exhibition of student science projects.

allocate

When he told me that he was reading Huckleberry Finn for the ninth time, I realized that he was indeed a(n) ___ admirer of the novel.

ardent

If you were as ___ in studying foreign affairs as you are in memorizing batting averages, you would have known how to reply to his comments on the situation in the Middle East.

assiduous

Wasn't it rather _____ of you to offer the football coach some advice on your very first day as a candidate for the team?

brash

Far from being ____, the director's casting choices were based on a solid appreciation of each actor's abilities and limitations.

capricious

It is of no use to ___ my little brother for not keeping his room clean - he simply refuses to be tidy no matter how much he is scolded.

chastise

Friends and relatives can be counted on to give ____ amounts of advice on child rearing to the parents of a new baby.

copious

If you wish to recover quickly, you must not ___ in the slightest from the doctor's instructions.

deviate

Remembering my old friend as a robust 200-pounder, I was shocked to see how _____ he had become during the long illness.

emaciated

General Grant accepted Lee's surrender with quiet dignity, refusing to ___ over the defeat of a worthy foe

exult

We were fascinated to see the consummate grace and skill with which the __ hands of the old carpenter manipulated his tools.

gnarled

There can be no ___ for the pain and suffering that your carelessness has caused me!

indemnity

As the speaker's voice droned on endlessly in the hot, crowded room, I suddenly realized that I hadn't the slightest ___ of what he was saying.

inkling

Somewhere in a(n) _____ pool in the Canadian Rockies is the large trout that will someday grace the wall of my den.

limpid

Under the American system of separation of powers, no government official or agency can ever become __.

omnipotent

My travels have shown me that many exotic foods I once considered disgusting are really quite ___.

palatable

Nothing can arouse ___ memories of long ago and far away like an old, well-loved song!

poignant

Some of my friends are mentally rather mature for their age; others are of a decidedly ___ turn of mind.

sophomoric

How can you say that the audience's reaction was ____ when the director held up a sign reading "Applause"?

spontaneous