Vocabulary List 7

In the cafeteria line, the student _____ between two options, unsure of which choice to make.

• vacillated

• capitulated

• delineated

• exasperated

The company's _____ mistake cost them millions of dollars in damages.

• callous

• egregious

• duplicitous

• obdurate

The pedestrian's _____ remark about the homeless man showed a lack of empathy.

• egregious

• obdurate

• callous

• whimsical

Jane had always felt an _____ for animals and spent most of her free time volunteering at the animal shelter.

• anomaly

• digression

• anachronism

• affinity

The army was forced to _____ after months of fighting.

• capitulate

• delineate

• vacillate

• exasperate

The diagram helped to _____ the various stages of the process.

• delineate

• vacillate

• capitulate

• exasperate

Despite the overwhelming evidence against him, the criminal remained _____ in his innocence.

• duplicitous

• egregious

• obdurate

• callous

The sudden appearance of a shark near the shoreline was an _____.

• anomaly

• digression

• affinity

• prerequisite

The _____ decorations on the cake made it look like a work of art.

• whimsical

• repugnant

• callous

• egregious

The sudden appearance of the strange object in the sky was an _____ that puzzled scientists.

• digression

• affinity

• anomaly

• prerequisite