PB VU4

a short account of an incident in someone's life

• anecdote

• fickle

• fallible

• iota

They mayor won't be reelected unless she can _______ the groups supporting her.

• consolidate

• maul

There, in the very heat of the noisy and _______ city, was a truly beautiful little park.

• grimy

• fallible

Although the ideals of my youth have been ______ by hard experience, they have not been totally destroyed.

• mauled

• entreated

The young man who seemed so quite and ______ turned out to be very well informed and to have strong opinions of his own.

• substantial

• docile

The ________ population of the united states is growing smaller, but the farms are as important as ever to the nation.

• rural

• ultimate

My aunt's interests change with the weather, showing she is a truly ______ person.

• fickle

• grimy

• docile

• tactful

That thief is a _______ from justice.

• fickle

• tactful

• fugitive

• dominate

The miners emerged from the pits with _________ hands and faces.

• substantial

• dominate

• docile

• grimy

The employer had not an _______ of proof, but he blamed the new clerk of theft anyway.

• potential

• fickle

• iota

• entreat