Level E Unit 1: Completing the Sentence

What a tragedy that in the twilight of her life the unfortunate woman should be ______________ of all of her loved ones.

• bereft

• stolid

• warily

• opulent

We learned that beneath his _______________ exterior there was a sensitive, highly subtle, and perceptive mind.

• fortitude

• stolid

• dour

• unkempt

Having learned to respect the power in his opponent's fists, the boxer moved _____________ around the center of the ring.

• tentative

• augment

• adulterate

• warily

Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she received the news gave no ____________ of her true feelings.

• dour

• intimation

• deploy

• verbatim

An experienced baseball manager _____________ his outfielders according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing batters.

• pliable

• deploy

• augment

• reiterate

At the risk of being boring, let me _____________ my warning against careless driving.

• verbatim

• reiterate

• dour

• unkmept

To this day, historians are still debating whether or not Aaron Burr was guilty of a(n) _____________ plot to break up the United States.

• reiterate

• insidious

• verbatim

• bereft

Since I need the speaker's exact words for my report, I have asked the stenographer to take down the speech _____________.

• verbatim

• opulent

• insidious

• intimation

The ______________ expression on the jurors' faces as they grimly filed back into the courtroom did not bode well for the defendant.

• fortitude

• augment

• dour

• stolid

Many ballplayers can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are _____________ .

• pliable

• bereft

• dour

• ambidextrous