He holds forth in great detail on what is wrong with our city government, but the remedies he suggests are exceedingly _______.

• adulation

• dilatory

• nebulous

• resuscitate

The ______ she had experienced in her childhood and youth made her keenly aware of the value of money.

• astute

• equivocate

• penury

• supposition

Since he was a(n) ______ at the game, the three veteran players hoped to find someone more suitable to play on their team.

• anathema

• egregious

• novice

• slovenly

Your brilliant plan is based on one false ______--that I am willing to work without pay.

• astute

• equivocate

• penury

• supposition

Does he use all those quotations as a means of clarifying his meaning, or simply as a(n) ______ display of his learning?

• avarice

• evanescent

• pretentious

• torpid

Sure, it's great to be a big-league ballplayer, but bear in mind that the years of stardom are brief and ______.

• avarice

• evanescent

• pretentious

• torpid

I was impressed by the ______ way our hostess guided the conversation away from topics that might be embarrassing to her guests.

• astute

• equivocate

• penury

• supposition

After giving us extremely detailed instructions for more than an hour, she briefly ______ and then sent us out on our assignments.

• abated

• culpable

• irresolute

• recapitulated

Although she tried to ______, we insisted on a simple "yes" or "no" answer.

• astute

• equivocate

• penury

• supposition

Her mind, ______ as a result of hours of exposure to the bitter cold, was not alert enough to sense the impending danger.

• avarice

• evanescent

• pretentious

• torpid