4.2 Vocabulary Sentences

I needed some aspirin to ______ my headache.

• alleviate
• pacify
• implication
• gist

My mom told me not to be such a _____, and things would work out okay.

• cynic
• mediate
• gnawed
• gist

During the pandemic, there was a _______ of toilet paper for some reason.

• dearth
• gnawed
• cynic
• elicit

The comedian tried to ______ laughs from the audience, but all he got was groans.

• elicit
• dearth
• gist
• implication

Possums often _______ death when they are scared.

• feign
• mediate
• pacify
• gist

Although she didn't come right out and say she hated tomatoes, we got the _____ from her facial expression.

• gist
• gnawed
• elicit
• mediate

The detectives made the ______ that there was more to the story than the culprit was saying.

• implication
• dearth
• gist
• cynic

In debates, there is often someone who ______ in case the discussion turns to an argument.

• mediate
• alleviate
• elicit
• gnawed

The dog growled anytime anyone came near him while he ________ his bone.

• gnawed
• alleviate
• gist
• cynic

We tried to ______ the baby when he started crying.

• pacify
• mediate
• gnawed
• dearth