Vocabulary list 12-14

Although Janet had gone to cooking school for two years, she was still an ______ cook.

• Anodyne

• Depravity

• Incendiary

• Inept

• Insipid

Which word can be used to refer to a relationship that a bitter or filled with tension?

• Gauche

• Futile

• Ruminate

• Acrimony

• Zenith

Which word describes fashion or food that does not take any risk or have any flair?

• Mitigate

• Pedestrian

• Solace

• Vacillate

• Visceral

Which word can be used as the highest point of a location?

• Gauche

• Futile

• Ruminate

• Acrimony

• Zenith

The singer reached her ______ of her career when she sold over twelve million records in 2013.

• Gauche

• Futile

• Ruminate

• Acrimony

• Zenith

Which word means to have bad manners?

• Anodyne

• Depravity

• Incendiary

• Inept

• Insipid

The man’s ________ attempt to escape his kidnappers ended when he fell down the stairs and broke his leg

• Gauche

• Futile

• Ruminate

• Acrimony

• Zenith

The judge gave the criminal extra years for the _______ of his offenses.

• Anodyne

• Depravity

• Incendinary

• Inept

• Insipid

While King Henry was normally a good leader, he had the tendency to ______ when important decisions needed to be made.

• Mitigate

• Pedestrian

• Solace

• Vacillate

• Visceral

Her _______ for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.

• Gauche

• Futile

• Ruminate

• Acrimony

• Zenith