Wordly Wise Vocabulary Lesson 13

George's _____ answer was "No."

• sylvan 
• rift
• succinct
• meteoric

The photograph depicted a _____ park during autumn.

• overbearing
• proffer
• blandishment
• sylvan 

My grandmother has a sharp way with words, but she is truly a ____ person who helps others.

• overbearing 
• solicitous
• deprecate
• discomfit

Janet felt great _____ as she heard the heavy footsteps coming up the stairs.

• trepidation 
• meteoric 
• remonstrate
• precocious

Security was called to ensure that nothing __would happen when Ralph was ejected from the game.

• untoward 
• remonstrate
• virtuoso 
• blandishment

Even a ______ must practice in order to maintain their skill.

• virtuoso
• deprecate
• rift
• blandishment

"Save your ___," said Sue when Al tried to tell her that she was the smartest person he knew.

• proffer 
  
• precocious
• deprecate
• blandishment

Few experience a ___ rise to the top, and instead work for years before experiencing success.

• remonstrate
• meteoric
• succinct
• untoward

"Don't __the role you played in our success," said Jill. "Without you, we would have failed."

• trepidation
• discomfit
• rift
• deprecate

 His parents' questions about where he had been all night resulted in his _____.

• remonstrate
  
• trepidation 
• discomfit
• blandishment