completing the sentences unit 4

I______ the old diary page by page, looking for a clue to where my great-grandfather had hidden the gold.

• perused

• sustained

• ousted

• bolstered

A _____ membrane allows air to enter the test tube and gases to escape.

• frivolous
• prone
• porous
• staid

Because she is _____ to worrying, she often lies awake for hours worrying about all the thing that might go wrong.

• staid
• solicitous
• prone
• blase

The supervisor had nagging _____ about having to fire people whom he knew he'd regret losing.

• qualms
• promontories
• musters
• nonentities

After having his case thrown out of state court, the butcher's only _____ was a Federal suit.

• promontory
• muster
• recourse
• residue

The wildfire raced north as high wind scattered a ____ of fine ash over scorched home and burned-out acres.

• qualm
• recourse
• residue
• promontory

The maitre d` was extremely _____towards the celebrity guests in his restaurant. attending to the every need, but he was barely civil to ordinary diner.

• blase
• ornate
• porous
• solicitous

Fran is generally serious and _____ in contrast to Ada, her twin, who is scatter-brained, flighty, and unreliable.

• ornate
• frivolous
• staid
• prone

That plateau needs more steady rainfall to _____ agriculture than it usually gets.

• deplore
• sustain
• obsess
• muster

That plateau needs more steady rainfall to _____ agriculture than it usually gets.

• deplore
• sustain
• obsess
• muster