Vocabulary 13

At my niece's birthday party, I was concerned about the enormous amounts of punch, soda, and other sugary drinks the children were ___.

• imbibing

• sedating

The police suspected that the statements were not made voluntarily but under ___.

• patent

• duress

They were so ___ in their praise that I soon began to suspect either their judgment or their sincerity.

• exuberant

• innocuous

Although he was ___ by medical problems, he always felt the joy of living.

• beset

• imbibed

Here's the ___, said Father: "Pass all your courses or forget about attending the senior prom.

• ultimatum

• antipathy

To a fussy housekeeper, even a/n ___ amount of dust on a tableto is unacceptable.

• infinitesimal

• applicable

Conversation at a dinner party may sometimes be confined to pleasant and ___ topics.

• stentorian

• innocuous

A bank may ___ that all employees must be fingerprinted.

• militate

• stipulate

Without the ___ and generosity of donors and volunteers, many charitable organizations could not exist.

• compassion

• duress

A ___ of the U.S. Constitution is dsplayed in many classrooms.

• facsimile

• decorum