Vocab 1-6 Review 10th

The cliche about the weather, "It's raining cats and dogs," certainly doesn't apply on a beautiful, ______________ day such as today.

• diffident

• candid

• clement

• venal

• despondent

After a year in the cult, Martha's enthusiasm about the fascinating leader lessened and soon led to a complete state of _______________; within a month, she had quit.

• appeasement

• venality

• negligence

• jauntiness

• torpor

Reconstructing the crashed jet proved to be much too ________________ for the small team, and it was necessary to augment the investigators with five more experts.

• despondent

• toilsome

• jaunty

• candid

• strident

The main character in the rags-to-riches novel felt it was necessary to expunge many of the details of his early life, which had been filled with great ________________ and want.

• privation

• appeasement

• disparity

• negligence

• despondency

Many bigots speak about their prejudices using _________________ or coded words to semi-disguise what they really mean.

• fetid

• argot

• genteel

• cliched

• ostensible

Because the counselor spoke and behaved officiously, always saying what the leader wanted to hear, Count Marshall could not put any ________________ in the man's opinions.

• rancor

• jingoism

• credence

• disparity

• nuance

The disparity between the number of men and women in the field of engineering had led to the _______________ belief that women are not good at math, which is incorrect.

• ostensible

• cliched

• unfettered

• nuanced

• adamant

The author was adamant that the novel she had published would turn out to be the one she'd be remembered for, her true __________________.

• retinue

• cliche

• rancor

• opus

• nuance