VCB #59: Unit 15 Choosing the Right Word

We all have impulses to violence, but if we are to live in a civilized society, we must learn to ________________ them.

• repress

• concur

After a month in the country, we found the sounds of rush-hour traffic in the big city more ____________________ than ever.

• raucous

• receptive

He has a good deal of ability, but his ____________________ personality has prevented him from getting ahead in the business world.

• zealous

• abrasive

_________________________ erupted when the nervous theater manager announced to the waiting crowd that the rock concert was cancelled.

• Pandemonium

• Defamation

It’s not surprising that after so many years in the Marine Corps, he has found it difficult to become ________________ to civilian life.

• acclimated

• repressed

A ___________________ between rival groups on the floor of the convention was swiftly quelled by security men.

• fracas

• defamation

He was, I am afraid, more _________________ in promoting his own career than in seeking to help the people who had elected him.

• zealous

• voluble

Mr. Sanderson is usually a man of very few words, but he was certainly _________________________ when we asked him about his operation.

• abrasive

• voluble

Gloria’s kind words put me in such a ____________________ frame of mind that I agreed to work on the committee before I knew what I was doing.

• receptive

• savory

After a lot of persuading, our parents _______________ in our plans to make a bicycle tour of New England.

• repressed

• concurred