Fill in the Blank Vocab Sentences

sycophants

Some see the people in the cabinet as the president's closest advisors, but others see them as _______

garrulous

Some talk show hosts are so _____ that their guests can't get a word in edgewise

putrid

Those rotten eggs smell _______

uncanny

Luka had an _____ ability to know exactly what other people were thinking. She also had an __________ ability to shoot fireballs from her hands.

garish

Mrs. Watson has poor taste and covers every object in her house with a __________ gold lame

nadir

My day was boring, but the _____ came when I accidentally spilled a bowl of spaghetti on my head.

ruse

Oliver concocted an elaborate ____ for sneaking out of the house to meet his girlfriend while simultaneously giving his mother the impression that he was asleep in bed

ostentatious

On the palace tour, the guide focused on the ______ decorations and spoke little of the royal family's history

hypocrisy

Once the politician began passing legislation that contradicted his campaign promises, his ______ became apparent

atypical

Screaming and crying is ________ adult behavior

ebullient

She became _____ upon receiving an acceptance latter from her first-choice college

curtail

Since losing his job, he had to _______ his spending

turpitude

Sir Marcus's chivalry often contrasted with the _____ he exhibited with the ladies at the tavern

ruminate

Terry liked to __________ while sitting on the banks of the river, staring pensively into the water

eclectic

That bar attracts an _________ crowd: lawyers, artists, circus clowns, and investment bankers

irrevocable

The Bill of Rights is an ________ part of American law

obdurate

The _____ old man refused to take pity on the kittens

nuances

The ______ of the poem weren't obvious to the casual reader, but the professor was able to point them out

laconic

The author's ____ style has won him many followers who dislike wordiness

avarice

The banker's _____ led him to amass a tremendous personal fortune

utilitarian

The beautiful, fragile vase couldn't hold flowers or serve any other ______ purpose

iridescent

The bride's large diamond ring was ___ in the afternoon sun

pacific

The chemistry professor's pacific demeanor helped the class remain calm after the experiment exploded

banal

The client rejected our proposal because they found our presentation ___ and unimpressive

buttresses

The column_____________ the roof above the statue

jubilant

The crowd was _____ when the firefighter carried the woman from the flaming building

obfuscate

The detective did want to answer the newspaper's questions, so he ________ the truth

cacophony

The elementary school orchestra created a _______ at the recital

illicit

The fourth grader learned many________ words from a pamphlet that was being passed around school

turgid

The haughty writer did not realize how we all really felt about his ________ prose

effaced

The husband was so angry at his wife for leaving him that he _____ all evidence of her presence; he threw out pictures of her and gave away all her belongings

juxtaposition

The interior designer admired my ______of the yellow couch and the green table

dynamic

The parents found it hard to keep up with the _____ music scene with which their children had become very familiar

cadence

The pianist used the foot pedal to emphasize the ____ of the sonata

railed

The professor ___ against the injustice of the college's tenure policy

vapid

The professor's comments about the poem were suprisingly ______ and dull

quelled

The skilled leader deftly ________ the rebellion

abet

The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to ________ him.

taciturn

Though Jane never seems to stop talking her brother is quite _________

Sachharine

Tom's ________ manner, although intended to make him popular, actually repelled his classmates

scathing

Two hours after breaking up with Russel, Suzanne thought of the perfect _______ retort to his accusations

nascent

Unfortunately, my brillant paper was only in its ______ form on the morning that it was due

yoked

We yoked together the logs by tying a string around them

quagmire

We'd all like to avoid the kind of military _____ characterized by the Vietnam War

gregarious

Well, if you're not _______, I don't know why you would want to go to a singles party!

rancor

When Eileen challenged me to fight, I could see the ______ in her eyes

fabricated

When I arrived an hour late to class, I _____ some excuse about my car breaking down on the way to school

swarthy

When he got drunk, Robinson's white skin became rather _______--

abdicated

When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king _______ his throne

exulted

When she found out she won the literature prize, Mary ______ by dancing and singing through the school's halls

extant

My mother's __ love letters to my father are in the attic trunk

knell

Echoing throughout our village, the funeral _____ made the stormy day even more grim

ed

Edna's bass ___ at her request for another raise

quixotic

Edward entertained a ______ desire to fall in love at first sight in a laundromat

hypothetical

Even though it has been celebrated by seven major newspapers that the drug will be a success when tested in humans is still ______-

utopia

Everyone in the world wants to live in a ___, but no one can agree how to go about building one

lurid

Gideon's story, in which he described a character torturing his sister's dolls, was judged to ______ to be printed in the school's literary magazine

umbrage

He called me a lily-livered coward, and I took ______ at the insult

daunting

He kept delaying the __________ act of asking for a promotion

curt

Her ______ reply to my question made me realize that she was upset at me

burnish

His mother asked him to ___ the silverware before setting the table

tacit

I interpreted my parents' refusal to talk as a ____acceptance of my request

idiosyncratic

I know you had trouble with the last test, but because your mistakes were highly _____, I'm going to deny you request that the class be given a new test

vacillating

I prefer a definite answer, but my boss kept _______ between the distinct options available to us

zenith

I was too nice to tell Nelly that she had reached the absolute _______ of her career with that one hit of hers

vociferous

I'm tired of his _____ whining so I'm breaking up with him

punitive

If caught smoking in the boy's room, the ____ result is immediate expulsion from the school

querulous

If deprived of his pacifier, young Brendan became quite _________

zealous

If he were any more ___ about getting his promotion, he'd practically live at the office

zephyr

If not for the _________ that were blowing and cooling us, our room would have been unbearable hot

aberration

In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an ______, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.

sacrosanct

In the US, the Constiution is often thought of as a ______ document

hallowed

In the ___ corridors of the cathedral, the disturbed professor felt himself to be a peace

incarnate

In the church pageant, I play the role of greed ____

frenetuc

In the hours between night and morning, the ___ pace of the city slows to a lull

ubiquitous

It seems that everyone in the US has a television. The technology is _______ here.

myriad

It was difficult to decide what to do Friday night because the city presented us with _________ possibilities for fun

duress

It was only under intense _______ that he, who was normally against killing, fired his gun.

Ignominious

It was really ____ to be kicked out of the dorm for having an illegal gas stove in my room

iconoclast

Jane goes to one protest after another, but she seems to be an __________ rather than an activist with a progressive agenda

furtive

Jane's placement of her drugs in her sock drawer was not as ______ as she thought, as the sock drawer is the first place most parents look.

maelstrom

Little did the explorers know that as they turned the next bend of the calm river a vicious ________ would cathch their boat

ostracism

Beth risked _______ if her roommates discovered her faltulence

facade

Despite my smiling __, I am feeling melancholy

palatable

Despite the unpleasant smell, the exotic cheese was quite ____

wane

Don't be afraid of his wrath because his influence with the president is already beginning to _______

pathology

Dr. Hastings had diffuculty identifying the precise nature of Brian's _______

hackneyed

A girl can only hear I love you so many times before it begins to sound ________ and meaningless

abased

After being overthrown and _______, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror

vocation

After growing tired of the superficial world of high-fashion, Edwina decided to devote herself to a new ________: social work.

kudos

After the performance, the reviewers gave the opera singer ______for a job well done

wizened

Agatha's grandmother, Stephanie, had the most __________ countenance, full of leathery wrinkles.

magnanimous

Although I had already broken most of her dishes, Jacqueline was ________ enough to continue letting me use them

dearth

An eager reader, she was dismayed by the ____ of classic books at the library

lucid

Because Guenevere's essay was so ______, I only had to read it once to understand her reasoning

mutable

Because fashion is so ______, what is trendy today will look outdated in five years

abhor

Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to _____ the sport

lacerations

Because he fell off his bike into a rosebush, the paperboy's skin was covered with _______

aversion

Because he's from Hawaii, Ben has an _____--- to autumn, winter, and cold climates in general.

guile

Because of his great ____, the politican was able to survive scandal after scandal.