Vocabulary 8

The job of hanging lights on the house was made much easier when the neighbor helped _____________ the task.

• facilitate

• exemplify

• rejuvenate

• nullify

I was _______________ she was telling the truth and doubted her unlikely story.

• blithe

• gullible

• diffident

• skeptical

I was _______________ ed by the thrilling tale of adventure.

• drone

• recalcitrant

• enthrall

• divert

The beauty cream helped ______________ her aging complexion.

• animate

• divert

• rejuvenate

• nullify

If you are are tough and ______________ you will win the race.

• tenacious

• gullible

• contrite

• hypothetical

Gaston in Beauty and the Beast was all _______________ and and no brain.

• dearth

• diffident

• marred

• brawn

I was ______________ed from my bad mood by the stand up comedian.

• exemplify

• contrite

• divert

• diffident

If you continue to be overly _____________ and boss the other children on the playground, they wont want to play with you.

• authentic

• ambulatory

• hypothetical

• authoritarian

There was a _______________of the minds when joined our ideas to create the best holiday display.

• merger

• hinderance

• dearth

• parsimony

Scrooge's ________________ in The Christmas Carol is infamous; his stinginess will never be forgotten.

• nostalgia

• dearth

• bias

• parsimony