Vocabulary 9, Sadlier E

Our meeting last week was marred by a heated debate over how to ___ the funds in this year's budget.

• allocate

• chastise

• deviate

Your ___ interest in the environmetn shows that you care deeply about the welfare of the planet.

• emaciated

• brash

• ardent

He tries hard to sound well-informed, but his superficial answers only show his ___ knowledge of world affairs.

• poignant

• sophomoric

• capricious

She was ___ enough to tell her mother she was going to the dance despite the doctor's orders.

• assiduous

• brash

• poignant

The entire student body ___ when our team finally won the citywise basketball championship.

• deviated

• exulted

• allocated

What she lacks in skill, she makes up for in ___ attention to every last detail and requirement of the job.

• assiduous

• spontaneous

• rancorous

The tastes of the TV audience are so ___ that no one can predict in advance which programs will be successful.

• gnarled

• limpid

• capricious

We must show understanding and acceptance of those who ___ somewhat from our own standards of what is appropriate.

• exult

• deviate

• brash

I spent the better part of an hour trying to untangle our badly ___ set of Chrismas lights.

• chastised

• assiduous

• gnarled

Perhaps you have been treated unfairly, but what good will it do to allow your sense of ___ to control your mood and behavior?

• indemnity

• rancor

• omnipotence