Vocabs 11 (2ndSem '23)

Providence, Rhode Island is joining the growing ranks of cities trying to rectify their history of discrimination against Black residents through reparations programs.

—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022

• amend

• reveal

• reduce

• spoil

Though its chairman, Charles Obi, was cordial to him,

the others made it clear that they didn't want him.

—Ishmael Reed, Japanese by Spring, 1993               

                       

• exhausted

• unsociable

• warmhearted

• surprised

The caretaker of the condominium said that the proximity of the curtains to the fireplace was a cause of concern for the safety inspector.  

• color

• remoteness

• adjacency

• distance

She has a whimsical sense of humor.   

• surprising

• enjoyable

• exhausting

• playful

The company needs to update its archaic computer systems.

• logical

• contemporary

• obsolete

• recent

The poet's works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion.

• homiletic

• forceful

• demoralizing

• unenlightening

But Maria convinced Leverich that she had the authority to rescind the executor's decision to appoint him as biographer.

—John Lahr, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 1994

 

• initiate

• engage

• keep

• revoke

But Davis said the department cannot substantiate the reason for the stop.

—Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023

• corroborate

• refute

• disprove

• rebut

Although a dearth of snow crabs is an immediate concern for many Cajun restaurant owners, the underlying environmental causes and their implications for the future aren’t lost on them either.

—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 28 Nov. 2022

• adequacy

• abundance

• shortage

• delivery

The waiter was attentive without being obtrusive.

• reclusive

• presumptuous

• restraint

• silent