Unit 9 Vocab Sent. part 2
Grievous
"The noble Brutus has told you Caesar wasn't ambitious; if it were so, it was a __________fault"
Incredulous
After examining the price tag I gingerly replaced the coat on the rack,___________ at the preposterous sum the store was asking for it
Horde
And army without strong leadership and firm discipline is no more than an armed_________
Rasping
As soon as I heard __________ noises coming from the workshop, I knew that someone was using a saw or a file
Expedients
Cut off from all supplies, the soldiers had to use various _________ to keep their equipment in working order
Prognosis
Despite the doctors gloomy __________when I entered the hospital, I was up and about in a matter of days
Scuttle
He handed me a _________ of slop for the pigs, and suddenly I was glad that this was a job I did not have to do very often
Candid
How can you say that the TV interview was spontaneous and ___________when it was all carefully rehearsed?
Drudgery
I don't consider it __________ to prepare meals every day because I love good food and good cooking
Feign
I must admit now that I was hurt when the coach took me out in the last minutes of the game, but I try to ___________indifference
Monologue
I practiced my theatrical ___________for weeks hoping that a flawless performance would land me the part I wanted
Heterogeneous
I searched in vain through the __________pile of odds and ends for the spare part I had inadvertently thrown away
Cubicles
I work in an office compartment, travel in a midget car, and sleep in a tiny bedroom. My life seems to take place in a series of________!
Auxiliary
If I'm not available, ask my___________ to sign the papers
Envoy
Instead of sending your little sister as a (n)__________ to explain what went wrong, why don't you stand up and speak for yourself?
Expedient
It was wrong of me to be so curt with her, but it was the ___________thing to do since I was already running late to my appointment
Flair
It's one thing to be interested in writing ;it's quite another to have a _________ for it
Scuttle
People who boast of their high moral principles are often the ones who will _________then most quickly to serve their own interests
Escalate
Political analysts, students of statecraft, and historians try to determine what caused a minor border incident to _________ into a full-scale war
Monologue
Since the person I was trying to interview wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise, our conversation quickly turned into a ___________
Auxiliary
The building is equipped with a (n) ____________generator ready to go into service whenever the main power source is cut off
Repugnant
The expression of satisfaction that comes over her face when she talks of the failures of other people is highly _________ to me
Inscribed
The poet Browning tells us that if we were to open his heart, we would find the word "Italy" ____________inside it
Impelled
Was it patriotism, a desire to show off, or just self- interest that ___________[the foreign minister to take those terrible risks?
Rasping
When I jolted awake last night to the sound of a desperate __________ I was cold with fear until I realized that it was my old dog, who sometimes has breathing problems
