Distance Vocabulary

He looked understandably ______ as he missed his lost shot that would have won the game.

• putrid

• crestfallen

• nostalgic

• contentious

This task was destined to prove one of almost _____ difficulty.

• blithe

• lamentable

• insuperable

• garrulous

Sagittarians and Aquarians tend to be progressive, ____ or chatty, and enjoy the finer things in life.

• garrulous

• reproachful

• unrefined

• crestfallen

She was jerked out of her _____ by a sudden kerfuffle on the far side of the nearest trees.

• amnesty

• nostalgic

• retribution

• reverie

The dignity of the occasion was lost when he cut in with an _____ joke.

• unrefined

• alluring

• insuperable

• putrid

________ writing is filled with facts and little to no opinion.

• refined

• reproachful

• expository

• lamentable

Thousands of clients flock to the salon for a brief _____ from life's hectic pace.

• reverie

• alllure

• amnesty

• respite

The king was obliged to grant them _____ and allowed them back home.

• amnesty

• respite

• retribution

• churn

She wasn't the same woman who had cycled to the hospital yesterday morning, _____ and carefree.

• contentious

• garrulous

• blithe

• unrefined

When referees make _____ decisions players are going to be upset, and anyone who thinks otherwise is living in cloud-cuckoo-land.

• reproachful

• contentious

• churned

• acquiesed