Vocab Unit 1 - Choosing the Right Word

Like the rings a pebble makes when tossed in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by the speech ___________________ through the crowd.

• Diffused

• Relinquished

To ensure they are not resented, the most powerful nations in the world must be extremely __________________ in their foreign policy.

• circumspect

• opinionated

Instead of trying to _________________ the support of the student body, we must earn it by showing our sincerity and ability.

• admonish

• commandeer

An economy in which the marketplace is considered "open" is one in which competition is more or less _____________________.

• mudddled

• unbridled

Our city government seems to have _______________ into a first-rate financial crisis.

• breached

• muddled

The robber barons were a group of nineteenth-century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a ______________ might use.

• brigand

• salvager

The evidence intended to show that some races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely _______________.

• spurious

• cumbersome

The dean ______________________ the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

• effaced

• admonished

In general, she is a confident person, so I'm sure she will be able to __________ a few shreds of self-respect from her humiliating failure.

• commandeer

• salvage

His attempts to rid his administration of inefficiency were so __________ that he came to be called the "reformer by fits and starts."

• unbridled

• spasmodic