Summer Bridge: vocabulary in context

While in court, the defendant tried to _____ the jury with menacing looks.

• intimidate

• succumb

• dissent

• mull

As she stood on the stage in front of hundreds of people, Meryl fought the urge to _____ to her nerves.

• vilify

• fathom

• succumb

• intimidate

The player had all summer to _____ over his decision to go to college versus heading directly into the NFL.

• dismantle

• dissent

• vilify

• mull

Because the celebrity felt the magazine editor tried to _____ her as a bad mother, she sued him for slander.

• vilify

• abate

• mull

• succumb

More than likely, my father will _____ with the idea I am old enough to set my own curfew.

• emigrate

• abate

• intimidate

• dissent

My boss grants me _____ to make my own decisions.

• enigma

• leeway

• anguish

• refugee

The billionaire _____ turned political and left his real estate empire for a place in politics.

• leeway

• anguish

• tycoon

• immigrant

As an actor, you must often take your personal _____ and use it while acting out a sad scene.

• tycoon

• leeway

• enigma

• anguish

The wealthy businessman was constantly on the lookout for _____ ventures that would help him become even wealthier.

• fastidious

• lucrative

• pungent

• peevish

Since the dog lives outside, he is highly _____ to parasites that strive in the outdoors.

• omniscient

• despondent

• susceptible

• lucrative