Vocabulary for CSE 2

Portland’s oldest citizen was ________; he refused to leave his home, even when he was warned of rising floodwaters.

• recitative

• redundant

• repatriated

• recalcitrant

Michael and Brendan had such terrific ________ ; they always seemed to know, without being told, what the other felt.

• altercation

• equilibrium

• rapport

• symmetry

The politician’s ________ voice detailed the many projects he planned to tackle once he was in office.

• clamorous

• flocculent

• affable

• fervent

The audience puzzled over the ________ remark made by the mayoral candidate.

• obvious

• cryptic

• shrewd

• conniving

She shed ________ tears when she heard the tragic news.

• copious

• scant

• nonchalant

• genteel

After graduation, Charles requested a/an ________ so that he did not have to pay his school loans immediately.

• surrogate

• deferment

• tincture

• improvement

The non-profit agency bought office supplies using a tax ________ number.

• liability

• exempt

• information

• accountability

With this group of ________ personalities, she was sure her party would be a success.

• scintillating

• mundane

• irradiated

• burnished

Her ________ remarks were not taken seriously by anyone on the nominating committee.

• porous

• obsessive

• frivolous

• durable

A key reference book detailing eyewitness accounts had to have ________ updates when new information surfaced.

• subsequent

• personable

• rote

• steadfast