Vocabulary 8

In spite of her rain-soaked clothing and ________________ appearance, it seemed to me that she had never looked lovelier. 

• askew
• disheveled
• misnomer
• garrulous

I confess I suffered a twinge of envy when I learned that my rival had won the prize  I had _____________ so dearly. 

• coveted
• professed
• allured
• acquiesced

Retailers who seek to __________ unwary consumers with false claims should feel the full penalties of the law. 

• vanguard
• blithe
• lamentable
• allure

The body of the slain hero was accompanied to its final resting place by the ____________ strains of a funeral march. 

• lamentable
• crestfallen
• respite
• sonorous

You certainly have a right to your opinions, but you have become so ______________ that you immediately challenge opinions expressed by anyone else. 

• garroulous
• contentious
• sinuous
• disheveled

Excessively ____________ people usually don't have the imagination to realize that their endless chatter is boring everyone else. 

• blithe
• sinuous
• garrulous
• insuperable

"The blinds are hanging _____________ because the pull cord is all knotted and tangled," I said. 

• askew
• crestfallen
• disheveled
• vanguard

With the publication of her famous book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson moved into the ___________ of those seeking to protect our natural environment. 

• insuperable
• lamentable
• retribution
• vanguard

Driving a car along those ____ mountain roads at a height of ten thousand feet calls for stronger nerves than I have.

• sonorous
• insuperable
• disheveled
• sinuous

After all my high hopes,I was utterly _______________________when the notice arrived that I had failed my driver's test. 

• insuperable
• wastrel
• crestfallen
• allure