Vocab 15 level d choosing the right word

when the referee called back a touchdown by the home team, he had to bear the _____________ of the crowd's anger.

brunt

For many years after the Civil War, thousands of ________________ in the great battle of Gettysburg met in annual reunions.

combatants

In the school library, all activity seemed to have become _________ as students napped with their heads and arms draped across desks.

dormant

during the great depression, millions of Americans were out of work, as much of the nation's productive capacity lay _______________.

dormant

The applicant's list of accomplishments, which went on for two pages, was ___________ at best.

dubious

We began with confidence in his success in the election, but as he made one mistake after another, we grew more and more _____________.

dubious

At a time when we need good will and cooperation, nothing will be gained by an emotional _____________ about old abuses and mistakes.

harangue

A pack of reporters _________ the senator with pointed and persistent questions even as he was being whisked into his limousine.

harried

Since the prisoner remained defiantly ___________, the review panel saw no reason fro granting him parole.

impenitent

since his absurd scheme was never really intended to harm us, we regard him as more of a fool than a ___________.

knave

The dinner to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mrs. Roth's teaching career was attended by a ______________ of her former students.

legion

Your _________ is to be admired, but it must be controlled so that it is not out of proportion to your means.

liberality

I think that we can settle this dispute in a friendly way, without either of us becoming a defendant or a _____________.

plaintiff

Although we were fairly certain that the ice would be thick enough to hold us, we used a long stick as a _____________ to see if any part of the ice was too thin.

probe

We demand that the committee is made up of legislators who will __________ fearlessly into the causes of the energy crisis.

probe

After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became locked in a ________________ struggle known as the Cold War.

protracted

The detective story was so cleverly constructed that the character whom we took to be the pursuer turned out to be the ______________.

quarry

We'll need to _________ for the large stones necessary for securing the foundation.

quarry

How can that heartless beauty __________ my offers of devotion!

spurn

He pretended to be speechless with anger, but we recognized this as a ______________ to avoid answering the charges against him

subterfuge

I was ashamed of my poor behavior at the debate and hope I did not _________ myself in the eyes of the moderator.

abase

A new popular singing idol will often _________ changes in clothing fashions.

actuate

Let us not _________ our attention from the sufferings of the people living in the slums of our community.

avert

whenever I even suspect that a gory scene is about to start in a movie, I ___________ my eyes or even cover them with my hands.

avert

People who only think of themselves, with no concern for the feelings of others, are bound to be ___________.

boorish