ISEE Vocabulary

The cruel and insensitive manager constantly screamed at his staff, leaving the workers feeling completely ___________________.

• abased

• emancipated

• bombastic

• immaculate

My mother keeps her house as neat as a pin, and chides me regularly if I don't keep my room ______________________________________.

• immaculate

• negligent

• gaunt

• feasible

The young child's ability to play the piano must have been _______________, as she played effortlessly and without having had much practice.

• innate

• explicit

• baleful

• pungent

The elderly women had become quite ______________ over the years, and was quite careful as she selected produce at the farmer's market.

• discerning

• implicit

• deficient

• bombastic

John's efforts to repair the computer simply ___________ the problem; parts were soon scattered everywhere.

• exacerbated

• sutured

• emancipated

• perjured

After two weeks suffering from the flu, Janine appeared ____________ and pale.

• gaunt

• robust

• immaculate

• bombastic