Magoosh Verbal

Because the defendant expressed very little ____________ for his heinous crime, the judge meted out a(n) ____________ sentence.

contempt contrition apathy charitable severe peculiar

The travel writer's ______________ towards others he met on his cross-country trip most likely endeared him only to those readers with a misanthropic bent.

diffidence humility cynicism garrulity obsequiousness

For a writer with a reputation for both prolixity and inscrutability, Thompson, in this slim collection of short stories, may finally be intent on making his ideas more ________________ to a readership looking for quick edification.

aesthetic prescient palatable inaccessible transcendent

For the time being, at least, the director's intent is _______: he has remained reticent during interviews, and even viewers have had wildly divergent interpretations over the film.

fixed unambiguous equivocal provisional unorthodox

Whether the network renews the latest pilot series ____________ the critical assumption that the audience will not only empathize with a male protagonist very different from it, but will continue to do so once he begins to commit acts that are clearly reprehensible.

invites supports stems from indulges in hinges upon

Unlike classical music, which has many perennial favorites, pop music produces few ____________.

mannerisms evergreens detractors affidavits ephemera

The grammar teacher ____________ at the slightest fault, sometimes going so far as to berate students for forgetting to cross a 't'.

started caviled blanched beamed paused