Vocab unit 16

The suspect ___________ his confession, so the police had to release him.

• recanted

• fiscaled

• malleabled

• flouted

He was aware of some ______________ fear as he entered the room.

• impalpable

• salient

• jocular

• regale

The judge advised the attorney to stick to the __________ facts of the case.

• salient

• salacious

• affinity

• miscreant

The ______________ advertisement depicts the run-down resort as a heavenly place.

• specious

• recant

• sentient

• impalpable

The minister denounced the movie because of its _____________ nature.

• salacious

• recreant

• palliate

• fiscal

December is the accountant's busiest month because it is the end of the _____________ year.

• fiscal

• specious

• malleable

• regale

Benedict Arnold is one of the most famous _______________ in history.

• recreants

• salients

• sentients

• affinity

She became a nurse to __________ suffering, but had only taken temperatures and done paperwork.

• palliate

• recant

• jocular

• recreant

Dad's _____________ manner faded when he started working on our taxes.

• jocular

• impalpable

• salacious

• miscreant

The sculptor liked working with clay instead of wood because it is ______________ .

• malleable

• specious

• flout

• fiscal