Vocabulary Lists 1-2

Sometimes a fortunate encounter or a sudden tragedy can be the ____we need to change direction or examine more closely our thinking and our behavior.

• fortitude

• quintessence

• impetus

• duplicity

A(n)____ examination of the door lock was enough to show me that someone had been tampering with it.

• stolid

• bereft

• cursory

• unkempt

King Arthur’s Knights of the Round Table were the ____ of chivalry.

• quintessence

• verbatim

• intimation

• fortitude

Individuals who live to be very old may eventually find themselves completely ___of loved ones.

• bereft

• warily

• tepid

• duplicity

Throughout his court case, Bill Cosby has maintained a(n) ____ sullen appearance.

• augmented

• dour

• intimation

• averse

According to my parents, the latest fashion makes me and my friends look___.

• tepid

• pliable

• unkempt

• verbatim

The hikers made their way____up the steep and rocky trail.

• quintessence

• imperious

• warily

• adroit

Hospitals take strict precautions to assure that nothing ____ the blood supply.

• impetus

• amicables

• augmented

• adulterated

They were too proud to give any ____ of their financial difficulties.

• intimations

• amicables

• belligerence

• warily

To make beaded jewelry, it is essential that the materials you use to thread the beads be ____ and easy to work with.

• meticulous

• averse

• fortitude

• pliable