Sadlier Unit 15A Review

When the court found that the car company had been __________ —selling

cars with substandard brakes—it was ordered to pay millions in fines.

• negligent

• crucial

“The heroism of these brave men and women speaks for itself and needs no ___________,” said the senator.

• oblivion

• garnishing

Such familiar stories as “Little Red Riding Hood” are really __________ that

tell a child something about the conditions of human life.

• parables

• fiascos

Isn't it tragic that the religious groups fighting each other are separated by a(n)

___________ of misunderstanding?

• parable

• abyss

I spent months planning the fund-raiser, but it turned out to be a __________:

the guest speaker cancelled at the last minute, and the band was two hours late.

• garnish

• fiasco

Experience teaches us that many of the things that seemed so __________

when we were young are really of no ultimate importance.

• crucial

• pallid

The plan of the two schools to exchange members of their faculties proved to be of __________ advantage.

• pallid

• reciprocal

Marion turned ________ when she received the news that her grandfather

had suffered a stroke.

• negligent

• pallid

My uncle, who was a West Point graduate, __________ all the qualities

suggested by the phrase “an officer and a gentleman.”

• embodied

• garnished

After his crushing defeat in the election, the candidate returned to his hometown and disappeared into __________.

• fiasco

• oblivion