Vocab 8: Sentence Check 1

The chatty, slow-moving clerk at the checkout counter seemed ______________ to the fact that the line of impatient customers was growing longer and longer.

• cohesive

• oblivious

• reticent

A quiet, polite discussion may be better than a(n) ______________ argument, but some people get more satisfaction out of yelling and screaming.

• vociferous

• grievous

• inundate

A half-hour of aerobic exercise every other day will help you stay _______________.

• reticent

• cohesive

• robust

In many places, the law doesn’t ____________ gambling--but the officials don’t do much to stop it, either.

• attrition

• sanction

• inundate

People sometimes do odd things to ______________ regulations. In New York, when saloons were illegal, once owner called his place “O’ Neal’s Baloon.”

• circumvent

• sanction

• robust

If you want your essay to be ____________, stick to your point.

• grievous

• cohesive

• vociferous

Alzheimer’s disease is a disaster for the patient and a(n) _____________ burden for the family.

• grievous

• attrition

• robust

Some days we’re __________(e)d with junk email--it can take an hour to delete all the unwanted messages.

• inundated

• circumvented

• sanctioned

The cutting down of the rain forests has caused a dangerous rate of ______________ among species that live in those forests.

• attrition

• sanction

• reticent

Some people who could benefit from counseling avoid seeing a therapist because they prefer to be ______________ about private matters.

• oblivious

• reticent

• vociferious