Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Dracula • Fill in the blanks

The once thriving town now lay _________, with empty streets and abandoned buildings.

• desolate

• crux

• profound

• assail

After months of sobriety, he experienced a _________ and fell back into old habits.

• prosperity

• perceptible

• relapse

• prescribe

His mysterious behavior _________ed his friends.

• prescribe

• perplex

• bland

• profound

The doctor will _________ medication for your ailment.

• prescribe

• abut

• bland

• desolate

The country experienced a period of economic _________.

• reprehensible

• perceptible

• relapse

• prosperity

The army was prepared to _________ the enemy fortress.

• utter

• perceptible

• assail

• bland

His _________ for wealth consumed his every thought.

• reprehensible

• avarice

• prosperity

• coax

The food at the restaurant was _________ and lacked flavor.

• crux

• engrossed

• bland

• prosperity

The _________ of the issue is finding a solution that satisfies everyone.

• profound

• relapse

• crux

• revile

Despite facing numerous obstacles, she displayed incredible _________ and never gave up.

• abut

• prosperity

• perplex

• fortitude