Vocabulary 8 honors

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

• unkempt
• bereft
• stolid
• adulterate

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

• guise
• opulent
• stolid
• gape

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

• intimation
• tentative
• warily
• insidious

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

• guise
• gape
• ambidextrous
• intimation

An experienced baseball manager __________ is outfielders according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing batters. 

• reiterate
• verbatim
• fortitude
• deploys

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

• reiterate
• verbatim
• adulterate
• dour

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

• dour
• guise
• tentative
• insidious

Since I need the speaker's exact words for my report, I have asked the stenographer to take down the speech _____________.

• verbatim
• reiterate
• opulent
• warily

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

• bereft
• gape
• warily
• dour

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

• ambidextrous
• unkempt
• guise
• pliable