11/4- Vocabulary Practice 3-1

Despite being very social and friendly at school, and being loved by everyone, the parents of the two children discovered that their very _______________________ children were nothing more than incorrigible delinquents.

• abstruse

• credulous

• contrite

• affable

• depravity

Despite losing all of his lottery winnings by being excessively bold with investing in the stock market, people could not believe he would have the ________________________ to ask people to invest in his new business.

• contrite

• audacity

• didactic

• depravity

• affable

It was easy for some employees to put the man down because people did not agree with all the crazy things he said about his boss, but there were those who decided that to _______________________________ the man for his remarks would make him a hero to those who like the boss.

• deprecate

• didactic

• audacity

• contrite

• affable

The ______________________ tears she shed would lead everyone to believe she was extremely remorseful and apologetic for robbing the bank, but the judge knew the tears were an attempt to get a lesser sentence.

• abstruse

• credulous

• depravity

• deprecate

• contrite

The teacher believed that the abstruse theories used in the science class would prove ________________________, and make the students love science, but discovered the methods designed to teach were not effective.

• abstruse

• didactic

• credulous

• depravity

• audacity

While many thought the man’s action were harmless, there were others who believed his actions were so unacceptable that they believed he should go to jail for the _____________________ he showed by drowning puppies, recording it, and posting a video online.

• audacity

• deprecate

• depravity

• didactic

• credulous

After the election officials revealed that the man had cheated to win his position, his most _________________________ supporters believed everything he said about his enemies setting him up to keep him from being the new mayor with very little evidence.

• affable

• didactic

• credulous

• abstruse

• contrite

While the principal believed that the teacher’s lessons were really difficult to understand, the parents’ of the students loved the teacher, because the ___________________ lessons being presented forced their children to think really hard before they turned in any work.

• credulous

• contrite

• didactic

• affable

• abstruse