Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 15 Completing the Sentence

remit

Attached to every bill for the merchandise was a brief notice asking the customer to ____ payment promptly.

definitive

We are still looking for a(n) ____ answer to the question of whether or not our prisons can rehabilitate as well as punish.

thwart

We heard that the South High fans were planning to kidnap our mascot before the game, and we were determined to ____ them.

curtail

When the chairperson saw that the speakers were becoming more heated, without offering any new facts or ideas to clarify the situation, she decided to ____ the discussion period.

mollified

By getting the students to apologize for their thoughtless discourtesy, we ____ the anger of the elderly elevator operator.

bulwark

Although we must have armed forces to protect the country, the most important _____ of national security is the devotion of the people to our democratic institutions.

mawkish

At first, I was glad to see my old classmates again, but he embarrassed me with his ____ talk about "those wonderful, golden school days."

presentiment

By talking so much about your _____ that "we're going to have an accident," you are making me nervous and preventing me from driving properly.

profligate

He was so ____ with his inheritance that he consumed in a few years the fortune it had taken his parents a lifetime to accumulate.

adamant

He was willing to compromise on many issues, but elimination of the ridiculous requirements for those jobs was the one point on which he was absolutely ____.

cloyed

How can you watch those silly reruns of old family shows day after day without being ____ by their gooey sentimentality?

requisite

I see no point in your applying for that job when it is perfectly clear that you lack the ____ qualifications.

choleric

I think the phrase " having a short fuse" aptly describes my new boss's ___ and curmudgeonly disposition.

brouhaha

I was surprised that so trivial an incident should have provided such a fearful ____ in the popular press.

deference

In _____ to the wishes of the widow, the funeral services will be brief, and no eulogy will be delivered.

sartorial

In his black jacket, light gray slacks, and tailored sport shirt, he was a model of ____ elegance.

onus

Somehow, whenever more money is need for our club activities. the ____ of raising it always seems to fall on me.

impromptu

The candidate seems much more human and appealing when she delivers a(n) ____ speech than when she reads a prepared text.

enigmatic

The circumstances surrounding the death are so ____ that the police are not even sure that a crime was committed.

demeanor

Throughout the trial she maintained a(n) _____ of quiet dignity and confidence that made a favorable impression on the jury.