Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 5 Completing The Sentence

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.

repose

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

diffident

I rarely join the discussions because I am _____.

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.

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.

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.

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.