B2 - Short Story - Vocabulary List 1 - 2019/2020

Graduating high school is ____________________ to success in later life.

• imperative

• acquiescence

• ambiguity

• comport

Mr. Cook nodded his head in _________________________ when the student asked about visiting the bathroom.

• acquiescence

• ambiguity

• imperative

• devout

The __________________ minister always gave spiritual advice to his followers.

• devout

• intangible

• monotonous

• laxity

The teacher governed his classroom with great ________________________; he rarely pushed students to succeed.

• laxity

• insufficient

• negligence

• oppressive

Sometimes, poetry has multiple meanings and has _________________________________ because it isn’t clear which one is meant.

• ambiguity

• eviscerate

• cryptic

• amnesty

Your _________________________ is negative and needs to improve; otherwise, I will have to write you up.

• comport

• amnesty

• elusive

• intangible

The puzzle was extremely ____________________________ and I couldn’t figure it out.

• cryptic

• monotonous

• elusive

• amnesty

This class is so repetitive and _________________________________; I am so bored.

• monotonous

• insufficient

• laxity

• acquiescence

The criminal was extremely ______________________________ and the police couldn’t catch him.

• elusive

• devout

• eviscerate

• negligence

The president offered political ________________________________ to the war criminal from another country.

• amnesty

• devout

• cryptic

• comport