Vocabulary List 7 (2)

Sometimes Ken would _____ and change his opinions, but on this subject, he remained committed to his original belief.

• vacillate

• capitulate

• exasperate

• delineate

I have an _____ for reading and can't resist popping into every bookstore I pass.

• anomaly

• affinity

• digression

• anachronism

The _____ ruler taxed her subjects great amounts of money, not caring how they found the money to pay her.

• obdurate

• egregious

• callous

• whimsical

I am an _____ in my school; I really enjoy having an early bedtime, while my peers like to stay up late.

• egregious

• anachronism

• affinity

• anomaly

The _____ play is set in a fairyland and includes joyful music.

• whimsical

• duplicitous

• obdurate

• callous

A business owner cannot afford to be _____; to be successful, businesses must be flexible, not stubbornly unchanging.

• egregious

• obdurate

• duplicitous

• callous

I wrote out some plans to _____ the process for you.

• exasperate

• capitulate

• delineate

• vacillate

He has an _____ for music and is always playing his guitar or listening to his favorite bands.

• digression

• anomaly

• affinity

• prerequisite

The _____ employee acts politely around his boss, but he is rude to his coworkers when his boss is not around.

• callous

• egregious

• duplicitous

• obdurate

The general decided to _____ because he did not have enough troops to keep fighting.

• exasperate

• delineate

• vacillate

• capitulate