Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 1 - Complete Sentence

How can you tell whether the chopped-meat patty you ate for lunch had been ___ with artificial coloring and other foreign substances?

adulterated

Many ballplayers can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are ___.

ambidextrous

The company commander called his troops together and asked for more volunteers to ___ the strength of the raiding party.

augment

What a tragedy that in the twilight of her life the unfortunate woman should be ___ of all her loved ones!

bereft

An experienced baseball manager ___ his outfielders according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing batters.

deploys

The ___ expressions on the jurors' faces as they grimly filed back into the courtroom did not bode well for the defendant.

dour

America's earliest settlers faced the hardships of life on the frontier with faith and ___.

fortitude

As the magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, the entire audience ___ in amazement.

gape

Why should I be the object of all those ___ just because I'm wearing a three-piece suit on campus?

gibe

In Shakespeare's famous tragedy Othello, Iago comes to Othello in the ___ of a friend but proves to be a deadly enemy.

guise

To this day, historians are still debating whether or not Aaron Burr was guilty of a(n) ___ plot to break up the US.

insidious

Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she received the news gave no ___ of her true feelings.

intimation

Perhaps I would be bored with the ___ lifestyle of a millionaire.

opulent

The twigs that were to be woven into the basket were soaked in water to make them more ___.

pliable

At the risk of being boring, let me ___ my warning against careless driving.

reiterate

We learned that beneath his ___ exterior there was a sensitive, highly subtle, and perceptive mind.

stolid

Since his acceptance of the invitation was only ___, the host may be one man short at the dinner party.

tentative

Why would someone who is usually so neat and well-dressed appear in public in such a(n) ___ state?

unkempt

I recorded the speaker's presentation, but now I wish I had a software program that could help me transcribe the speech ___ so that I can find appropriate quotations to use in my report.

verbatim

Having learned to respect the power in his opponent's fists, the boxer moved ___ around the center of the ring.

warily