Level F - Unit 3 - Choosing the Right Word

I was simply unable to follow the ______ reasoning by which she "proved" that a straight line is not necessarily the shortest distance between two points.

• circuitous

• adventitous

• wheedle

Our military is prepared to deal with external aggression, but our best defense against _______ at home is the loyalty of the American people.

• sedition

• peculation

• commiseration

________ is a noble human emotion, but in itself it is no substitute for vigorous efforts to help other people.

• Commiseration

• Proclivity

• Ferment

Since he has been able to _______ almost anything he wants out of his parents, he is quite unprepared now to face the harsh realities of life.

• wheedle

• expiate

• expediate

An experienced politician always tries to avoid making _______ remarks that may offend some voters.

• inadvertent

• fermented

• circuitous

Although the Queen or King is the _______ head of state, the Prime Minister is the real leader of the British Government.

• nominal

• adventitious

• seditious

_________ was a common offense among Roman provincial governors, who, when asked how that made their fortunes, often replied, "In the provinces."

• Peculation

• Sedition

• Sangfroid

His investments proved to be profitable, but they were _______ rather than the result of knowledge and planning.

• adventitious

• nominal

• vitriolic

My dogs _______ cold weather so I have to force them outside when the temperature goes below fifty degrees.

• abominate

• ascribe

• enjoin

You are following an all too familiar pattern in ________ your failures to everyone except yourself.

• ascribing

• expediating

• enjoining