Vocabulary Quiz 5

synonym: balderdash

• ameliorate

• aplomb

• drivel

• bombastic

antonym: worsen, exacerbate

• bombastic

• ameliorate

• callow

• drivel

synonym: levelheadedness

• ameliorate

• aplomb

• bombastic

• callow

antonym: simple, plain

• ameliorate

• aplomb

• bombastic

• callow

synonym: green, inexperienced

• callow

• aplomb

• drivel

• bombastic

Addressing the school assembly for the first time was a nerve-racking experience, but I managed to deliver my speech with a reasonable amount of ____________.

• ameliorate

• aplomb

• drivel

• callow

He tries to give the impression of being a true man of the world, but his conduct clearly shows him to be a ____________ and somewhat feckless youth.

• callow

• bombastic

• drivel

• ameliorate

I refuse to accept the idea that conditions in this slum have deteriorated so far that nothing can be done to __________ them.

• callow

• drivel

• ameliorate

• bombastic

They have a great deal to say on the subject, but unfortunately most of it is meaningless _________.

• callow

• drivel

• bombastic

• aemiorate

The voters of this city are looking for the practical answers to urgent questions and will not respond to that kind of ___________ and pretentious claptrap.

• aplomb

• callow

• drivel

• bombastic