The Book Of Unknown American. Vocabulary

1. When we met to ______, the ________ created by people who personally disliked each other interfered with our ability to reach an agreement about the issue.

• Confer

• Melodrama

• Ravage

• Reminisce

2. Officials planned to________ at City Hall to discuss responses for the storm that is expected to ________ the area.

• convene,

• ravage

• assure

• reminisce

3. I________ you that our region is not in the path of the storm.

• assure

• reminisce

• confer

• melodrama

4. He was in a ________over the long lines at the store.

• froth

• Convene

• Melodrama

• Taunt

5. The two old friends would often_______ about their childhood.

• reminisce

• Simmer down

• Holier-than-thou

• Confer

She likes to______ about her childhood.

• reminisce

• Confer

• Froth

• Ravage

I ______you they'll be perfectly safe with us.

• Confer

• assure

• Melodrama

• Holier-than-thou

I ______you my actions will correspond with my words.

• Ravage

• Simmer down

• assure

• Froth

The forest was _____by fire.

• Assure

• Reminisce

• Froth

• Ravaged

Bands of soldiers _____the countryside.

• Melodrama

• ravaged

• Taunt

• Ravage