Unit 9 Vocab Sent. part 2

Grievous

"The noble Brutus has told you Caesar wasn't ambitious; if it were so, it was a __________fault"

Incredulous

After examining the price tag I gingerly replaced the coat on the rack,___________ at the preposterous sum the store was asking for it

Horde

And army without strong leadership and firm discipline is no more than an armed_________

Rasping

As soon as I heard __________ noises coming from the workshop, I knew that someone was using a saw or a file

Expedients

Cut off from all supplies, the soldiers had to use various _________ to keep their equipment in working order

Prognosis

Despite the doctors gloomy __________when I entered the hospital, I was up and about in a matter of days

Scuttle

He handed me a _________ of slop for the pigs, and suddenly I was glad that this was a job I did not have to do very often

Candid

How can you say that the TV interview was spontaneous and ___________when it was all carefully rehearsed?

Drudgery

I don't consider it __________ to prepare meals every day because I love good food and good cooking

Feign

I must admit now that I was hurt when the coach took me out in the last minutes of the game, but I try to ___________indifference

Monologue

I practiced my theatrical ___________for weeks hoping that a flawless performance would land me the part I wanted

Heterogeneous

I searched in vain through the __________pile of odds and ends for the spare part I had inadvertently thrown away

Cubicles

I work in an office compartment, travel in a midget car, and sleep in a tiny bedroom. My life seems to take place in a series of________!

Auxiliary

If I'm not available, ask my___________ to sign the papers

Envoy

Instead of sending your little sister as a (n)__________ to explain what went wrong, why don't you stand up and speak for yourself?

Expedient

It was wrong of me to be so curt with her, but it was the ___________thing to do since I was already running late to my appointment

Flair

It's one thing to be interested in writing ;it's quite another to have a _________ for it

Scuttle

People who boast of their high moral principles are often the ones who will _________then most quickly to serve their own interests

Escalate

Political analysts, students of statecraft, and historians try to determine what caused a minor border incident to _________ into a full-scale war

Monologue

Since the person I was trying to interview wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise, our conversation quickly turned into a ___________

Auxiliary

The building is equipped with a (n) ____________generator ready to go into service whenever the main power source is cut off

Repugnant

The expression of satisfaction that comes over her face when she talks of the failures of other people is highly _________ to me

Inscribed

The poet Browning tells us that if we were to open his heart, we would find the word "Italy" ____________inside it

Impelled

Was it patriotism, a desire to show off, or just self- interest that ___________[the foreign minister to take those terrible risks?

Rasping

When I jolted awake last night to the sound of a desperate __________ I was cold with fear until I realized that it was my old dog, who sometimes has breathing problems