Unit 1: Completing the Sentence

Some people hailed the man as a genius; others ________ him as a quack.

• besieged

• libeled

• denounced

• dispatched

While all true vegetarians _________ animal meats, some do eat dairy products.

• forsake

• douse

• compress

• denounce

Your ________ can be neat and attractive without being expensive.

• misgivings

• apparel

• repast

• dispatch

The terms of our agreement_____________ forbade us to take any of the goods for our own use.

• immense

• instantaneous

• gainful

• expressly

When you are really hungry, even the simplest foods will bea delicious ________________.

• famish

• repast

• apparel

• compress

Since it was past their lunchtime by the time we arrived home, the children were __________.

• denouced

• irked

• famished

• libeled

You had no right to call me a clumsy ________ just because I spilled some water on you.

• inept

• oaf

• ingenious

• apparel

The laws of this land do not shield public figures from just criticism, but they do protect them against _____________.

• libel

• besiege

• repast

• dispatch

Far away on the horizon, we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule ____________ into the sunset.

• douse

• denounce

• recede

• besiege

On my first baby-sitting job, I found that one must have _____________ patience to take care of young children.

• immense

• ingenious

• expressly

• misgivings