Vocabulary • Ch 2.5 (13) - 1984 • Fill in the blanks

It is important to set clear _________s before starting a project.

• objective

• impudent

• embellish

• disconcerting

The _________ of the party was tropical paradise, with vibrant colors and tropical decorations everywhere.

• theme

• exhort

• practicable

• enormity

The event has been postponed _________.

• indefinitely

• enormity

• flagrant

• morsel

He was reprimanded for his _________ behavior towards his teacher.

• theme

• impudent

• effigy

• morsel

They burned an _________ of the politician as a form of protest.

• subside

• effigy

• impending

• indefinitely

She took a small _________ of the cake.

• acrid

• deprecate

• momentous

• morsel

She is _________ to catching colds easily.

• impending

• flagrant

• embellish

• susceptible

It was a _________ occasion when she received her diploma.

• momentous

• enormity

• flagrant

• practicable

As I peered into the dark _________, fear engulfed me.

• disconcerting

• abyss

• apathy

• indefinitely

The _________ smoke from the fire filled the air, causing everyone to cough and cover their noses.

• enormity

• acrid

• subside

• impudent