Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10

I do not ________ to be heroic, but I hope I have the nerve to stand up for unpopular ideas that I believe are right.

With the publication of her famous book Silent Spring, Rachel Carson moved into the ________ of those seeking to protect our natural environment.

The pioneers succeeded in settling the West because they refused to admit that any obstacle, however formidable, was ________.

We can all agree that the crime situation in this community is truly ________, but what are we going to do about it?

He says that he is spending the family fortune "to promote the art of good living," but I consider him no more than a(n) ________.

In spite of her rain-soaked clothing and ________ appearance, it seemed to me that she had never looked lovelier.

"The blinds are hanging ________ because the pull cord is all knotted and tangled," I said.

For the innumerable crimes and cruelties he had committed, the tyrant had good reason to fear ________.

I confess I suffered a twinge of envy when I learned that my rival had won the prize I had ________ so dearly.

After all my high hopes, I was utterly ________ when the notice arrived that I had failed my Algebra EOC again.