Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Brave New World • Fill in the blanks

The diagram will _________ the process step by step.

• excruciating

• illustrate

• grievance

• discomfit

The main _________ of a computer is to process and store information.

• hierarchy

• prosperity

• grievance

• function

The hikers reached the pristine lake only to find it _________d by litter and pollution.

• defile

• latent

• coherent

• pathetic

The vibrant colors of the flowers created a beautiful _________ against the green foliage.

• apprehension

• defile

• contrast

• establish

She felt a sense of _________ as she approached the podium to give her speech.

• estrange

• mollify

• apprehension

• confound

Her ideas were not _________, making it difficult to understand her point.

• confound

• coherent

• discomfit

• sovereign

The country experienced a period of unprecedented _________, with booming industries and rising living standards.

• prosperity

• excruciating

• defunct

• defile

The _________ pain in my back made it difficult to sleep.

• excruciating

• distraught

• grievance

• contrast

The _________ ruler made decisions for the entire kingdom.

• hierarchy

• sovereign

• function

• discomfit

She filed a formal _________ against her employer for workplace discrimination.

• establish

• apprehension

• sovereign

• grievance