Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level F, Unit 7

It is hard to forgive the _______________ selfishness with which they took most of the food supplies for their own use.

• austere

• crass

• punctilious

• cadaverous

He went right on with his speech, refusing to be _______________ by the heckling of a few loudmouths.

• desecrated

• prated

• disconcerted

• desecrated

Whenever she serves as chairperson, she is so _______________ that she insists on observing every fine point of the parliamentary procedure.

• inconsequential

• punctilious

• beneficient

• grandiose

Even a so-called minor _______________ of the traffic laws may lead to a serious accident.

• pillage

• restitution

• stipend

• infraction

They _______________ the funeral service by talking loudly during the ceremonies, laughing, and generally showing a complete lack of respect.

• desecrated

• concocted

• beneficiented

• stalwarted

Fond remembrances of happy days of family life intensified rather than _______________ her grief.

• mitigated

• reproved

• prated

• concocted

In addition to paying my tuition fees, the scholarship allows me a monthly _______________ for living expenses.

• austere

• infraction

• restitution

• stipend

I became desperately tired of listening to him _______________ about how important he was and how much money he made.

• debase

• reprove

• prate

• pillage

An official who is responsible for shaping vital national policies should not waste time and energy on such _______________ matters.

• cadaverous

• inconsequential

• stalwart

• vulnerable

is work on behalf of the homeless was merely the latest in a long line of _______________ undertakings.

• crass

• cadaverous

• beneficent

• stalwart