World Lit Vocabulary 15

Though we loved our sister, her ___ personality often led to conflicts in the family.

• abrasive

• complacent

• grotesque

• receptive

Moving from New York to Arizona was tough; it took me a few years to really ___ to the lack of four seasons.

• acclimate

• concur

• renounce

• repress

Much to my ___, the teacher wasn't there, although he'd been the one to advise me to come in an hour early to retake the test.

• chagrin

• fracas

• pandemonium

• defamation

Renny was cut from the team not because he has a bad player but because he'd grown ___ and had stopped caring about improvement.

• abrasive

• complacent

• somnolent

• voluble

Although she and I were usually at odds, on the matter of changing our presentation, I decided to ___ with her.

• repress

• acclimate

• renounce

• concur

After the article about her affair came out, the celebrity decided to sue the tabloid for ___, claiming the whole thing had been made up to ruin her.

• chagrin

• defamation

• fracas

• pandemonium

The students asked that the professor better ___ the equation for them, because none of them had been able to follow his instructions.

• concur

• explicate

• repress

• acclimate

The bachelor party attendees got along well until they'd had too much to drink, and then the occasion broke out into a ___, ending in their expulsion from the club.

• defamation

• fracas

• somnolence

• chagrin

Salvador Dali is known for his bizarre, often ___ portrayals of religious ideas and exotic animals, and personally, I am freaked out by many of his works.

• grotesque

• vehement

• zealous

• voluble

When the principal announced that the homecoming game had been cancelled, absolute ___ broke out in the auditorium.

• defamation

• pandemonium

• volubility

• acclimation