English 11 Lesson 14 Vocab

The stone faces of ________ projecting beyond the roofline acted as rain spouts.

• tenets

• venues

• buttresses

• gargoyles

The Smythes were quick to incur debts, but _________ in repaying them.

• ecumenical

• dilatory

• sacrosanct

• mooted

The United Nations is a(n) __________ organization of almost 200 nations.

• ecumenical

• facade

• commensurate

• pinnacle

The wall would have collapsed without the stone _______ protruding from it.

• facades

• gargoyles

• abeyances

• buttresses

Which of the following best demonstrates the meaning of the word FACADE?

• The great and powerful Wizard of Oz was really a man hiding behind a curtain.

• The author's vision goes beyond space and time to unknown realms.

• The base of the Great Pyramid covers an area of thirteen acres.

• Pacifists believe that the value of human life is sacred.

A state of (usually temporary) inactivity or suspension.

• buttress

• abeyance

• dilatory

• moot

The _______ of Wilma Rudolph's sports career was competing in the Olympics.

• requiem

• tenet

• pinnacle

• abeyance

A musical composition honoring the dead.

• abeyance

• requiem

• venue

• commensurate

Producing an agreeable effect on the senses.

• transcend

• sensuous

• tenet

• requiem

The central ______ of the policy remained the same, as did the desire to reform where possible.

• sacrosancts

• pinnacles

• venues

• tenets