12th Vocab 4

His mental _______ is so good that he skipped three grades!

• acuity

• delineate

• ephemeral

• garish

I gave my little brother a hug to ______ his fear of the dark.

• allay

• acuity

• diatribe

• furtive

I didn't steal his wallet, but I was ______ since I distracted him while my friend did it.

• complicit

• derelict

• garner

• intermittent

Little kids will often write a letter to Santa to ______ what they want for Christmas.

• delineate

• ephemeral

• sumptuous

• penchant

The old car up on blocks has been ______ for years and will never drive again.

• derelict

• ubiquitous

• figment

• ignominy

The coach gave us a ______ at halftime about all the mistakes we made and the points we gave up in the first half of the game.

• diatribe

• furtive

• idiosyncrasy

• nuance

His interest was ______ and he got distracted to something else every few minutes.

• ephemeral

• garish

• reputed

• misanthrope

After I watched the horror movie, I saw _____ in every shadow

• figments

• diatribes

• acuities

• idiosyncrasies

I had to be _____ when I was trying to sneak out of the house to go to the party.

• furtive

• garner

• allay

• ubiquitous

The morning light feels _______ and painful in my eyes when I have a headache

• garish

• figment

• ignominy

• nuance