Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 11 Choosing the Right Word

Integrity

A candidate for the highest office in the land should be, above all, a person of unshakable _______.

Exemplary

Although most of us cannot hope to match Mother Teresa's pure idealism, we may regard her noble life as inspiring and ________.

Superficial

Do not be taken in by any ______ resemblances between their half-baked ideas and the sensible program er proposed.

Obnoxious

I find no one more _______ than a person who insists on talking instead of listening to the brilliant and important things I have to say.

Placate

If the British government had made a sincere effort to ______ the colonists, would the American Revolution have occurred.

Protrude

In the neighborhood of small homes, a few massive apartment buildings _____ like giants set down in a community of dwarfs.

Misconstrued

In times of crisis, the utmost care must be taken to prevent ordinary military maneuvers from being _____ as hostile acts.

Alluding

Instead of _____ so often to your own achievements and successes, why not wait for other people to mention them.

Disreputable

Is it any wonder that your parents are worried , knowing that you are associating with such a _______ group of people?

Conclusive

It is all very well for science fiction writers to speculate, but is there any _____ evidence that UFOs exist?

Pretext

Marge produced a convenient headache as her ____ for having to leave early.

Fathom

Modern scientists use all kinds of high-tech gadgetry to ______ the depths of the ocean.

Stark

Most of his paintings portray ____ and barren desert landscapes.

Placid

Mother was as upset as any of us, bit she managed to conceal her fears so that she looked positively _______.

Integrity

People with true ______ practice their high moral values daily and work to improve their characters.

Endemic

Some people maintain that intelligent life must exist elsewhere in the universe, but I firmly believe that it is _____ to Earth.

Reparation

The agency was created for the sole purpose of providing _____ to victims of human rights violations.

Potent

The prospect of extremely high starting salaries is a _____ argument for pursuing a career in computer science.

Stark

The spectacular remains of that brilliant period stand in _______ contrast to the poverty of archaeological finds from previous eras.

Pretext

Though all the lights were on, the restaurant refused to serve us, using the ______ that it was closed for the evening.

Guile

Tom Sawyer used ______ to get the other boys to do his work by convincing them that whitewashing a fence was fun.

Alluding

When I said you were flying too close to the sun, I was _____- to the myth about Daedalus and Icarus.

Itinerary

Why not include Mount Vernon in the _____ of our spring vacation?

Clairvoyant

With some psychics it is difficult to tell where the _____ leaves off and the con artist begins.

Protruding

the children cut holes in their paper bag asks to allow for their ______ noses.