Vocabulary • Ch 7 - A Separate Peace • Fill in the blanks

It is important to _________ between fact and opinion when evaluating information.

• differentiate

• climax

• decisive

• elaborate

She was asked to _________ on her research findings.

• elaborate

• confide

• recede

• cite

She sat at her piano, ready to _________ a beautiful symphony.

• subtle

• decisive

• compose

• confide

The student was required to _________ her sources in her research paper.

• compose

• however

• provocative

• cite

She wanted to go out; _________, she was feeling too tired.

• deride

• provocative

• however

• confide

She was tired; _________, she decided to go for a run.

• irony

• dexterity

• however

• elaborate

She took a _________ step forward, carefully considering her next move.

• deliberate

• confide

• compose

• irony

The floodwaters began to _________ after days of heavy rainfall.

• scorn

• recede

• differentiate

• divert

It was a cruel _________ that the firefighter's house burned down.

• differentiate

• deliberate

• converge

• irony

She looked at him with _________, unable to hide her contempt.

• divert

• compose

• scorn

• however