Mockingbird vocabulary

The ______ man never spoke kindly to the children.

• amiable

• cunning

• taciturn

When my doctor prescribed medicine, I immediately went to the _______ to get it.

• apothecary

• entailment

• taciturn

The principal had to _______ between the two students in order for them to get along.

• arbitrate

• malevolent

• quibble

The _______ woman won thousands of dollars in the lottery.

• amiable

• auspicious

• tacit

A good leader makes ________ choices.

• ethical

• malevolent

• taciturn

Those two girls were always ______ about unimportant issues.

• arbitrating

• cunning

• quibbling

The coronavirus is a serious _______ throughout the world.

• apothecary

• entailment

• pestilence

It's easy to like a(n) ______ person, and to dislike a(n) ______ person.

• amiable, malevolent

• auspicious, ethical

• malevolent, taciturn

The boys had a _______ agreement to surprise their mother on her birthday.

• quibbling

• tacit

• taciturn

The lawyer was so ______ at tricking the defendent into admitting he committed the crime.

• amiable

• cunning

• tacit