Week #2 Vocabulary

__________, impatient and sarcastic, his often abrasive manner rubbed many crew members the wrong way.

• hone

• brusque

• aloof

• odious

He dismounted in one _______ movement and tied Ed to the fence.

• lithe

• posterity

• espouse

• saccharine

He kept himself _________ from all party strife.

• lithe

• posterity

• transverse

• aloof

Pound is one of those pompous twits who ________ political correctness and believe they know best what is good for you.

• lithe

• odious

• espouse

• hone

She accepted his hand and gave him a ________ smile.

• transverse

• transgress

• brusque

• saccharine

Let our remotest ______ recall your achievements this day with pride.

• posterity

• hone

• odious

• brusque

Death is the only definite, and so it's the first vision you see until you _____ your skills.

• odious

• aloof

• hone

• posterity

With that ______ chore behind him, Dean began to formalize his notes on yesterday's interviews.

• lithe

• aloof

• odious

• brusque

Classes sit in silence, they copy out texts, no pupil dares to even slightly ______.

• transverse

• transgress

• aloof

• espouse

Its prevailing colour is chestnut-red, but the hinder part of the back is marked with broad, white, _______ bands on a dark ground

• transgress

• hone

• transverse

• lithe