Vocabulary • Ch 20 - Frankenstein • Fill in the blanks

She often found herself lost in _________ while gazing out at the ocean.

• strife

• reverie

• grovel

• warrant

Walking on the narrow and unstable bridge felt extremely _________.

• prelude

• precarious

• construe

• reverie

She was shocked by the _________ of her closest friend.

• reverie

• precarious

• treachery

• sophistry

The two teams will _________ in the championship game.

• provocation

• strife

• contend

• reverie

The movie I watched last night was _________; the acting was terrible and the plot made no sense.

• perturb

• atrocious

• sophistry

• contend

She _________ed him to reconsider his decision.

• beseech

• construe

• allot

• sophistry

The professor spoke to his students in a _________ manner.

• wily

• contend

• condescending

• allot

She was careful to _________ their words in the kindest possible way.

• atrocious

• sophistry

• construe

• hospitable

The sudden change in weather was _________, as we were unprepared for the storm.

• unrequited

• disconcerting

• atrocious

• construe

She had to _________ and apologize to regain his trust.

• wily

• grovel

• precarious

• construe