Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 5 Completing The Sentence

repose

I did not realize how beautiful the twins were until they fell asleep and i saw their faces in complete _____.

dearth

In view of the many able people in public life today, I do not agree that we are suffering from a(n) _____ of capable leaders.

infallible

The custom of putting erasers on pencils is one way of recognizing the fact that no one is _____.

plodded

The exhausted refugees _____ along the dusty road, hoping to reach the Red Cross camp before midnight.

discrepancies

The principal claimed that there were major ____ between what actually happened in the school and the way the incident was reported on TV.

temerity

The rash young lieutenant had the _____ to disregard the express orders of the commanding officer.

remiss

As a school cafeteria guard, I would be _____ in my duties if I failed to report a serious disturbance.

embarked

As soon as the last passenger had _____, the captain ordered the ship to get under way.

Vocab In Context

D : thoughtless C : smooth A : relax D : accord B : mild

virulent

Doctors attributed the epidemic to the rampant spread of a particularly _____ strain of influenza virus.

discrepancy

Emphasizing the youth of the convicted man, the defense attorney pleaded for _____.

truculent

He is not merely unpleasant but actually dangerous whenever he gets into one of his _____ moods.

benefactors

History tells us that many men and women regarded as failures in their own lifetimes were actually major _____ of humanity.

pungent

Humor should be clever and amusing but never so _____ that it hurts the feelings of other people.

diffident

I rarely join the discussions because I am _____.

chivalrous

It was quite _____ of you to give up your seat so that the man with the cane did not have to stand during the bus trip.

assent

My parents will not _____ my going to the dance unless I promise faithfully to be home no later than 1:00 A.M.

indomitable

Refusing to admit defeat even when things looked completely hopeless, our _____ football team drove eighty-five yards in the last few minutes to score the winning touchdown.

facile

We were all impressed by your ______ use of unusual words and expressions that you had learned only a few hours before.

altruistic

What good are _____ principles if no real attempt is made to help people by putting those principles into practice.

unfeigned

Your _____ joy when it was announced that I had won the scholarship meant more to me than all the polite congratulations I received.