Voc. 10 F

Due to a ____ drop in oil prices, the shipping company showed healthy profits for the year.

• gist

• imperious

• fortuitous

Imperious means:

• loud

• squeaky

• humble

• arrogant

She exchanged her ____ job for a position as a swimming instructor.

• recondite

• sedentary

• provocative

Another word for ACCUMULATE is:

• dwindle

• diminish

• accrue

• reimburse

He let loose his usual hail of ____, a furious shower that left the air a bit clearer.

• invectives

• bedlam

• accrue

If characters are MOTLEY, they are:

• dull

• diverse

• comical

• mythical

Why does Sam ____ whenever he has to write an essay?

• reprobate

• covert

• procrastinate

• gist

BEDLUM is a state of:

• termoil

• serentiy

• regret

The ideas in the film were so ____ that I thought about them for days.

• motley

• sedentary

• provocative

Ideas that exceed ordinary knowledge and understanding can be described as:

• ignoble

• recondite

• nersible

• immutable