Vocab Unit 5

Instead of brooding about past wrongs, I suggest that you declare a personal _ and start thinking about the future.

• Soporific

• Blazon

• Sepulchral

• Amnesty

I didn't expect the play to be particularly stimulating, but I certainly never anticipated its overwhelmingly _ power.

• Soporific

• Blazon

• Sepulchral

• Amnesty

Today our intricate network of mass communications can _ news of national importance across the country in a matter of minutes.

• Soporific

• Blazon

• Sepulchral

• Amnesty

Shivers went up and down our spines as, in a(n) _ voice, the teacher spoke to us of ghosts, vampires, and the "living dead."

• Soporific

• Blazon

• Sepulchral

• Amnesty

Unabridged dictionaries often alert the reader to common mistakes in the use of a word by including brief _.

• Scourge

• Precrept

• Caveat

• Sedulous

Appointed by the governor to be the Commissioner of Investigations, she soon became the _ of dishonest and incompetent officials.

• Scourge

• Precrept

• Caveat

• Sedulous

I intend to be guided by the _ that have proven their value over long periods of human experience.

• Scourge

• Precrept

• Caveat

• Sedulous

Your _ work ethic is noted: not only are you the best at sword fighting, but you could teach the masters a thing or two!

• Scourge

• Precrept

• Caveat

• Sedulous

The rules of the club proved so _ that it was all but impossible to carry on business.

• Fractious

• Unwieldy

• Scathing

• Straitlaced

You may regard her ideas as _, but I think that they reflect good thinking and sound values.

• Fractious

• Unwieldy

• Scathing

• Straitlaced