Vocabulary List 6 Study Session 1

Carrie maintained a stoic _________, refusing to let the adrenaline flooding her system reveal itself on her face.

• tether

• facade

• adage

• avarice

The last thing the girl wanted to do was to ________ the snake any more. It already seemed agitated. She just wanted to slip away without bothering it.

• corroborate

• revert

• inquire

• antagonize

The newer computers are vastly ________ to the first computers ever invented in many ways.

• perilous

• frugal

• churlish

• superior

Without blinking or hint of intimidation, Barbara stared at the bully with a ______ look on her face, leaving no doubt for any of us that she would not give in to the older girl's ridiculous demands.

• defiant

• servile

• laggard

• avaricious

Remarkably, today's cutting edge technology may be ______ in less than five years when newer, better computers and applications are released.

• defiant

• perilous

• obsolete

• frugal

Authorities said they weren’t able to _________ the girl’s claims. None of the places where she claimed to be had video evidence of her presence, and no witnesses could back up her story.

• hone

• permeate

• incapacitate

• corroborate

When the man slowly regained consciousness, he knew immediately that he was alive, because of the searing pain __________ every cubic centimeter of his body.

• inquiring

• proposing

• permeating

• perspiring

People in the factory sweated _________ shortly after the air conditioning stopped working on the extremely hot July day.

• profusely

• painstakingly

• gingerly

• dubiously

Unknown peril and limited provisions made Crazy Horse’s people reluctant to finish their long and ______ journey.

• avaricious

• indifferent

• arduous

• inferior

He seemed so normal at the time, but, in __________, maybe there was a bit of a frown on his face.

• retrospect

• lucid

• superior

• unscathed