Vocab_Words with an Italian Origin P2

The teenage boys jumped into the water from increasingly higher points on the rock, but their _____ did not impress the girls below.

• bravado

• cognoscenti

• intelligentsia

• manifesto

The political splinter group first became known when it posted a 50-page _____ in the city park, asking that the current government step down because of years of corruption.

• manifesto

• bravado

• ruffian

• dilettante

The town had become much safer, compared to the early days when _____ would prowl the street looking for victims.

• ruffians

• intelligentsia

• cognoscenti

• dilettante

Gloria had been a staff writer for an art magazine and was considered one of the _____ in the subject of chiaroscuro.

• cognoscenti

• bravado

• manifesto

• ruffian

When it comes to learning how to play the guitar, my daughter is a _____ who will practice one day but not the next day.

• dilettante

• ruffian

• manifesto

• bravado

The _____ of the city felt that only the elite should be allowed to learn to read and write.

• intelligentsia

• ruffian

• cognoscenti

• dilettante