vocab 9

Voters may reject a candidate who resorts to personal __________________ instead of discussing the issues. 

• gibe
• opulent
• tentative
• stolid

The tour guide showed us the __living quarters of the royal family. 

• intimation
• guise
• verbatim
• opulent

The hikers made their way ______up the steep and rocky trail. 

• unkempt
• warily
• stolid
• intimation

The thieves gained entry to the home by presenting themselves in the ________________of police officers. 

• warily
• tentative
• guise
• reiterate

They were too proud to give any___________ of their financial difficulties. 

• intimation
• guise
• reiterate
• unkempt

Effective speakers often ______________ an important statement for emphasis. 

• verbatim
• reiterate
• gibe
• guise

Newspapers often publish the __________text of an important political speech 

• opulent
• stolid
• tentative
• verbatim

According to my parents, the latest fashions make me and my friends look____.

• unkempt
• stolid
• tentative
• guise

______________people can generally be expected to take most things in stride. 

• tentative
• intimation
• guise
• stolid

Negotiators have come up with a ______ agreement that will keep both sides at the bargaining table past the strike deadline. 

• warily 
• tentative
• gibe
• unkempt