Vocabulary 11

A best friend off the tennis court can also be a fierce _______ on it. 

• artifice
• precedent
• adversary
• sojourn

An_______________ host puts guests at ease by appearing totally confident and unruffled no matter what happens. 

• urbane
• inclement
• exhilarate
• artifice

Cooking shows on television have helped many people master the secrets of the ____________arts. 

• punitive
• craven 
• redress
• culinary

Philosophers have always _________(ed) on the meaning of life. 

• perpetuate
• muse
• delete
• harass

After taxes are deducted, a small raise in salary may result in a ____________ increase in take-home pay. 

• redress
• demise
• negligible
• craven

Gossiping and backbiting are bad habits that are bound to __________ friends.

• punitive
• redress
• perpetuate
• alientate

Crime labs can determine whether an attempt has been made to ____material from audiotapes. 

• exhilarate
• demise
• delete
• redress

No matter how short your ______________ in Paris, you must take time to do to the Louvre. 

• fallow
• demise
• craven
• sojourn

Even the most renowned art experts were completely taken in by the forger's ______________. 

• craven 
• artifice 
• coerce
• punitive

Traditionally, the tolling of church bells has announced the _______________of a monarch. 

• demise
• redress
• fallow
• urbane