Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 3 Completing the sentence

condone

"I am willing to wink at a harmless prank," the dean remarked, "but I will not _____ outright vandalism."

irate

"I think," said the salesclerk, "that the phrase 'hot under the collar' aptly describes the typical ______ customer that we have to deal with."

cherubic

"That child may have an angel's ______ features, but at heart, he is a little devil," I exclaimed in disgust.

adherent

During a recent interdenominational service in our community center, the _______ of various faiths met to worship as one.

gluttony

In movies, characters who engage in _____ are often used for comic relief, but in real-life extreme overeating is a serious problem.

abridge

In order to fit the newspaper article into the space available, the editor had to _____ it by omitting secondary details.

exorcise

In this clever spoof of horror movies, the local witch doctor encounters hilarious difficulties when he tries to _____ an evil demon that has taken up residence in the heroine's body.

fabricating

It is a real tribute to the ingenuity of the human mind that for thousands of years people have been ______ new and interesting theories of the universe.

terminate

The only way I could ______ the argument peacefully was to walk away abruptly.

semblance

Though I was hurt by the tactless comment, I tried to show pleasure in it by twisting my lips in a feeble _____ of a smile.

dissent

A few of us who disagreed strongly with the committee's conclusion felt compelled to raise our voices in _____.

trite

A screenplay of television drama with the same old boy-meets-girl plot can certainly be criticized as _____.

usurped

After driving the lawful ruler out of the country for good, the villanious duke _____ the throne and crowned himself king.

eminent

After so many years of distinguished service in the United States Senate, he can properly be called a(n) _____ statesman.

altercation

Although I am not a particularly argumentative person, last week i found myself involved in a heated ______ with a salesclerk.

paupers

Although they have enough money to live on, the loss of most of their great wealth has left them feeling like _______.

rift

As the layer of clouds that hung over the city began to break up, the sun came pouring through the _____.

marouder

Bands of _____ broke through the frontier defenses of the province and began to plunder the rich farmlands of the interior.

surmount

It is only through the exercise of their intelligence that people can begin to ______ the difficulties they encounter in daily living.

pilfer

No one but a heartless scoundrel would ______ nickels and dimes from a charity's collection fund.