Voc. 2-F

When the bridge suddenly collapsed in the high winds, the people on it at the time were ----- to their deaths in the watery abyss below.

• inveighed

• precipitated

• surmised

"I'm sure your every wish will be granted," I assured the demanding child, my tongue firmly in mycheck, "when and if the ----- ever comes!"

• exhortation

• millennium

• stringent

Antonym: to ALIENATE your friends

• ingratiate

• drivel

• aplomb

SYNONYM: over-dramatic, HIGH-FLOWN language

• epitome

• occult

• bombastic

She handled a potentially embarrassing situation with cool _____.

• drivel

• aplomb

• ameliorate

Her acceptance speech, in which she thanked all those who had helped her, was the _____ of graciousness and modesty.

• epitome

• model

I don't know how you can listen to your brother's constant ____ about car engines.

• talk

• drivel

certain languages such as AFrikanns are the product of ____ and were created when tow societies merged.

• proclivity

• acculturation

Antonym: evidenced by NONCONFORMITY

• circuitous

• acculturation

To bring about suddly is to:

• modify

• stifle

• precipitate

• expostulate