Vocab Lesson 1

Identify the word: The practice of abstaining or doing without

• Scoff

• Ambulatory

• Abstinence

• Didactic

Fill in the blank: Her poetry was so _________ that, although one learned a great deal about the topic, the poetry wasn't very good.

Identify the word: Very generous

• Munificent

• Morbid

• Diffident

• Didactic

Fill in the blank: While the oil company's offer was ______________, the senator could not accept it because the maximum contribution was $1,000.

Identify the word: Intending to teach

• Diffident

• Didactic

• Morbid

• Garrulous

Fill in the blank: The _____________ patients were led to basement shelters, but the bedridden patients had to wait for stretcher-bearers to carry them below.

Identify the word: To show derision or mocking contempt

• Morbid

• Mandatory

• Garrulous

• Scoff

Fill in the blank: It was such a ________ story that it depressed me.

Identify the word: Moveable; mobile; related to walking

• Ambulatory

• Diatribe

• Didactic

• Diffident

Fill in the blank: When he began his customary ___________ about shiftless and rude teenagers, I just walked out.