"Brooklyn" Vocabulary ADVANCED

The lake was beautiful and _____. Its surface didn't so much as ripple.

• Serene

• Synopsized

• Limpid

• Gallant

When it was midnight, the starless sky looked ____________. You couldn't have seen where you were going without a light.

• Enigma

• Décolleté

• Somber

• Serene

Because she was looking to get promoted, the employee was very ______________ towards her boss.

• Bucolic

• Conscripted

• Leonine

• Ingratiating

To instill fear in his enemies, the dark knight acted especially _________________.

• Ingratiating

• Gallant

• Keened

• Bucolic

To prove that she'd read the book, Susan _________ the events of the story for her teacher.

• Synopsized

• Conscripted

• Limpid

• Keened

Hard work ____________ success. Success _____________ a great career someday.

• Ingratiates

• Conscripts

• Begets

• Keens

Because the war had been going on for over a decade, the military began _____________ people to join. They had run out of volunteers.

• Synopsizing

• Beguiling

• Keening

• Conscripting

Dana wore basic clothes. Her jewelry was simple. Friends described her style as _____________.

• Leonine

• Limpid

• Bucolic

• Somber

No one could quite read Mark's handwriting. His entire essay was _____________.

• limpid

• keened

• an enigma

• a décolleté

Tara was smart enough to __________ her classmates into doing her work for her.

• Conscript

• Beguile

• Caul

• Serene