Creative Writing Review 9

The manager of the store does not act in a --- manner towards his employees; rather, he gathers and acts on their feedback to improve the quality of their baked goods.

• totalitarian

• holistic

• catholic

• consummate

Some feel that they have only reached the --- of their life’s happiness when they find their soulmate.

• trenchant

• repartee

• parcel

• totality

A --- approach to government takes into account that each individual branch, despite its varying duties, must work towards the same goal for the good of the whole.

• trenchant

• holistic

• catholic

• totalitarian

Eric Blair, the author who wrote under the pen name George Orwell, developed a love of socialism and its --- ideals of equity amongst all.

• catholic

• holistic

• totalitarian

• consummate

The casting director did a --- job of casting the actors for the film adaptation of the novel; they looked and acted just like a I had pictured the characters as I read.

• catholic

• trenchant

• consummate

• truncated

In ---, the meaning of the show left an impact on all of us.

• summation

• repartee

• catholic

• trenchant

Sarah had been recruited as her --- intellect helped the rebel group see potential flaws before implementing its plans.

• trenchant

• truncated

• parceled

• holistic

The government --- information in certain documents before being released to the public by redacting portions of documents that contains names or information they want to keep confidential.

• parceled

• parsed

• truncated

• consummated

Due to the influx of people moving into Lancaster County, the FCC --- all of the remaining numbers in the 717 area code and had to assign 223 as an additional area code for new phone numbers.

• truncated

• parsed

• trenchant

• parceled

Many scholars --- the dark time of oppression during this time period, making for interesting conversation.

• parse

• parcel

• consummate

• truncate