Vocabulary • Ch 17 - Dracula • Fill in the blanks

We are all _________ beings, destined to die someday.

• mortal

• atone

• tacit

• elapse

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

• compel

• neutral

• perturb

• benign

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

• inquisition

• intuitive

• probe

• neutral

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

• perturb

• derogatory

• apprehension

• sojourn

The doctor assured me that the tumor was _________.

• reproach

• detrimental

• benign

• knell

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

• sojourn

• probe

• derogatory

• reproach

The time seemed to _________ quickly during our vacation.

• sojourn

• inquisition

• elapse

• detrimental

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

• reproach

• probe

• neutral

• chronological

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

• invoke

• atone

• reproach

• detrimental

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

• atone

• sojourn

• compel

• neutral