Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 9 Choosing The Right Word
grievous
"The noble Brutus has told you Caesar was 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
An 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 doctor's gloomy_____ when I entered the hospital, I was up and about in a matter of days.
scuttle
He handed me a_____of slip 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 tried 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?
incredulous
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 thing to have a_____for it.
scuttle
People who boast of their high moral principles are often the ones who will_____them most quickly to serve their own interests.
escalate
Political analysts, students of statecraft, and historians tried 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.
