UNIT 14 SENTENCES PART 2
CORDIAL
ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER EVEN MET HER, THE LETTERS SHE WROTE ME WERE SO _______ THAT I FELT WE WERE OLD FRIENDS.
IMPROVISES
HE IS THE KIND OF SPEAKER WHO IS MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN HE ________ HIS REMARKS THAN WHEN HE READS FROM A PREPARED SCRIPT.
RECONCILE
HOW CAN HE ________ HIS CLAIM THAT HE IS A GOOD CITIZEN WITH THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T EVEN BOTHER TO VOTE?
CLEAVE
IN A TIME OF UNREST AND BEWILDERING CHANGE, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO ___________ TO THE BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT GIVE MEANING TO OUR LIVES.
SHACKLES
IN SPITE OF ALL THE PROGRESS MADE IN RECENT YEARS, WE ARE STILL NOT ENTIRELY FREE FROM THE ____________ OF PREJUDICE AND SUPERSTITION.
DEVITALIZED
MANY OF OUR FOODSTUFFS ARE SO ___________ BY THE PROCESSING OPERATIONS THAT THEY LOSE BOTH TASTE AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE
DEBACLE
MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE CLASS PRESIDENCY ENDED IN AN UTTER _____________ WHEN I FORGOT MY SPEECH AS I WAS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THE ASSEMBLY.
PRECIPITOUS
RUNAWAY INFLATION CAN CAUSE A __________ DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF A NATION'S CURRENCY.
CORNERSTONE
SEPARATION OF POWERS IS ONE OF THE _________ UPON WHICH THE AMERICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT IS BUILT.
ANNEX
THE DISASTER WAS SO GREAT THAT THE OVERCROWDED HOSPITAL WAS FORCED TO HOUSE SOME PATIENTS IN A MAKESHIFT _________
PROFUSELY
THE ELDERLY COUPLE THANKED ME SO __________ FOR THE SMALL FAVOR I HAD DONE THEM THAT I WAS ALMOST EMBARRASSED.
PALLOR
THE FAMOUS ACTOR APPLIED A LAYER OF ASHEN MAKEUP TO SIMULATE THE GHASTLY ____________ OF A GHOST.
EMBROILED
THE PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS THAT WE MUST NOT BECOME _____________ IN THE QUARRELS OF OTHER NATIONS
EXONERATE
THE STORY OF HIS UNHAPPY CHILDHOOD AROUSED OUR SYMPATHY BUT DID NOT ___________ HIM FROM THE CHARGE OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
INFLUX
TO SEASIDE RESORTS, THE ANNUAL _________ OF TOURISTS MARKS THE TRUE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER SEASON.
PEDIGREE
TRUE, HE COMES FROM AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY, BUT HE WON THAT PROMOTION ON THE BASIS OF MERIT, NOT BECAUSE OF HIS ________
THREADBARE
WE ARE TIRED OF LISTENING TO THOSE ___________ OLD EXCUSES FOR YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PROMISES.
INCITED
WE LEARNED FROM THE TV FILM THAT SPARTAOUS WAS A ROMAN GLADIATOR WHO _________ HIS FELLOW SLAVES TO ARMED REBELLION.
GLIB
WHAT WE NEED IS NOT TALKERS WITH _____ SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS, BUT DOERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO PITCH IN AND HELP.
HAPHAZARD
WITH SUCH A ____ WAY OF KEEPING ACCOUNT, IS IT ANY WONDER THAT YOUR BUDGET IS A DISASTER AREA?
