vocabulary 6 unit C

pacify

"It's your job to help ___ the conquered area." the general said, "not to add fuel to an already explosive situation."

bungled

After the way you ___ the job of arranging the class trip, I can never again trust you with anything important.

fidelity

Although I don't agree with all her ideas, I must admire her unshakable ___ to them.

smug

Each time she answered a question correctly, she rewarded herself with a ___ little smile of self-congratulation.

setback

Florence's illness, after she had been chosen for the leading role in the class show, was a serious ___ to our plans.

acute

His ___ analysis of the housing problem in our town gave us a clear idea of what we would have to overcome.

headstong

I keep telling you things for your own good, but you're just too ___ to listen.

synopsis

If you read no more than a(n) ___ of the plot of any one of Shakespeare's plays, you will get very little idea of what it is all about.

eerie

On the camping trip out West some of the children were frightened when they first heard the ___ howls of coyotes at night.

tarry

Since it had seemed that winter would ___ forever, we were all heartily glad when it finally quit dragging its heels and departed.

ravenour

The character Scrooge in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol starts out as a(n) ___ miser, but he undergoes a great change.

commentary

The fact that so many people are still living in poverty is indeed a sad ____ on our civilization.

refuted

The idea that most people usually behave in a calm and reasonable way is ___ by all the facts of history.

facets

The strength of this book lies in the author's ability to describe and explain different ___ of human experience.

numbed

The victims of the disaster were so ___ by the scope of the tragedy that they scarcely showed any emotion at all.

frayed

There is so much wear and tear on the ropes in this pulley system that they become ___ in only a few days.

Inhabitants

We cannot assume that all the people that one sees on the streets of a large city are actually ___ of the place.

duration

We know that we are going through a period of economic instability,but there is no way of telling what its ___ will be.

remorse

When I realized how deeply I had hurt my friend with my careless insult, I suffered a pang of ___.

blustering

With a winter storm ___outside, what could be more welcome than a warm room, a good meat, and my favorite TV p