7 Vocab Set 2B Completing the Sentence

Angry at the call, the crowd began to __________ the referee with all kinds of refuse.

• hinder

• pelt

• firebrand

• dissuade

Until it was almost too late, the hunters did not see the leopard crouching in a tree, ______________ to leap on them.

• hindered

• pelted

• poised

• dissuaded

It took the authorities quite some time to put down the riot that a few rash _____________ had managed to start.

• firebrands

• regimes

• indifference

• customary

Eventually, the army toppled the country's democratic ______________________ and set up a military dictatorship in its place.

• firebrand

• indifference

• pelt

• regime

A sense of humor is _______________ if you are to cope with all the strains and difficulties of everyday life.

• indifference

• indispensable

• poised

• dissuaded

Although the legislators have done nothing to further the passage of the bill, they haven't tried to __________ the process either.

• pelt

• firebrand

• indifference

• hinder

Although we arrived at the stadium only a few minutes before the game, we found that many good seats were still _______________.

• customary

• available

• indispensable

• poised

The guidance counselor tried to _________________ me from taking the job because she thought the work would be too high-pressure for me.

• dissuade

• pelt

• firebrand

• regime

Though the habit of taking a siesta in the afternoon may seem strange to a foreigner, it is quite _______________ in this part of the world.

• available

• poised

• customary

• indifference

Only a really hard-hearted person could show such _____________ to the plight of the homeless who wander our streets.

• regime

• poised

• indifference

• indispensable