Vocabulary • Ch 17 - Dracula • Fill in the blanks

We are all _________ beings, destined to die someday.

• knell

• detrimental

• mortal

• neutral

The detective had enough evidence to _________ the suspect to confess.

• compel

• detrimental

• neutral

• atone

She remained _________ in the debate, refusing to take sides.

• probe

• apprehension

• elapse

• neutral

I could sense the _________ in her voice as she prepared to take the stage.

• apprehension

• benign

• atone

• invoke

The doctor assured me that the tumor was _________.

• invoke

• apprehension

• benign

• probe

She couldn't help but feel a sense of _________ when she saw the disappointment on his face.

• reproach

• intuitive

• derogatory

• neutral

The time seemed to _________ quickly during our vacation.

• sojourn

• elapse

• detrimental

• invoke

The detective launched a _________ to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance.

• inquisition

• reproach

• probe

• apprehension

The speaker tried to _________ a sense of patriotism in his audience.

• compel

• reproach

• tacit

• invoke

She decided to _________ for her mistakes by volunteering every weekend at a local charity organization.

• atone

• invoke

• inquisition

• apprehension