vocab unit 8 sentences and syn/ant
....any real need for such unrestrained and _______ name-calling?
acrimonious
caustic
acrimonious
although she seems rather plodding in her behavior and rarely becomes excited, I think it is unfair to call her "___."
bovine
stolid
bovine
bewilderment
consternation
to the _______ of the people in the stands, ......
consternation
People with a tendency toward being ___________ must wage a lifelong struggle against rich foods.
corpulent
gaunt (ant)
corpulent
.....I must ______ my support of his candidacy.
disavow
disown
disavow
We have had enough of high-powered, excited oratory; what we need now is a _______ examination of the facts.
dispassionate
detached
dispassionate
....the party is torn by all kinds of strife and ___________.
dissension
harmony (ant)
dissension
waste
dissipate
Instead of using all their forces in one concerted attack on the enemy, they _________ their strength.
dissipated
bowdlerize
expurgate
Thomas Bowdler ____________ certain words from Shakespeare's plays because he felt that they were unfit to .....
expurgated
challenge
gauntlet
the bold candidate threw down the ________ and dared her opponent to face her in a televised debate.
gauntlet
conjectural
hypothetical
our discussion that day was a ________________ one, based on the possibility....
hypothetical
She is a person of such fine moral standards that she seems incapable of an ____________ act.
ignoble
dishonorable
ignoble
I am not trying to ________ his truthfulness, but I still do not see how the facts support his claims.
impugn
question
impugn
....her language was so unrestrained and _______ that people wouldn't support her.
intemperate
unrestrained
intemperate
esteem (ant)
odium
the ______ for this tragic failure does not belong to any individual or small group...
odium
....his name has become a symbol of _____ in his home country of Norway.
perfidy
duplicity
perfidy
consigned
relegated
the job of cleaning up the field and the stands after the big game was _______ to the freshmen.
relegated
Anyone as _______ as that trainee will have trouble...
squeamish
queasy
squeamish
Under the American form of government, all branches of the military are clearly _____ to the civilian authority.
subservient
domineering (ant)
subservient
he is so __________ to flattery that with a few complimentary words...
susceptible
immune (ant)
susceptible
