Word of the Day Unit 2 Sentences

She is normally calm and level-headed, so this outburst is an ____________________________.

• Subjugation

• Credence

• Emphatic

• Aberration

I may be forced to _____________ with your decision, but I don't like it.

• Acquiesce

• Stringent

• Revoke

• Coalesce

You will make more friends being nice than by exhibiting __________________.

• Aberration

• Subjugation

• Belligerence

• Credence

The drunk driver's ______________ disregard for the lives of others earned him seven years in prison.

• Blatant

• Belligerence

• Discrepancy

• Gratuitous

Local high school principals have agreed to ___________ around new strategies for college preparation.

• Acquiesce

• Credence

• Foster

• Coalesce

The crazy man's UFO story was so ridiculous that not a single person gave it any _____________.

• Aberration

• Credence

• Discrepancy

• Subjugation

The police were confused by the ____________ between the testimonies of the two witnesses who saw the same event.

• Subjugation

• Coalesce

• Belligerence

• Discrepancy

Jacob wiped cookie crumbs off his mouth and was very ________________ about insisting that he did not eat any of the chocolate chip cookies.

• Gratuitous

• Emphatic

• Stringent

• Coalesce

If the magician does not ________________ himself from the water tank within the next 45 seconds, he will drown.

• Extricate

• Acquiesce

• Coalesce

• Foster

The professor hopes to _____________ a genuine appreciation for literature in his students.

• Acquiesce

• Blatant

• Foster

• Revoke