Vocabulary • Ch 2.28 - Educated • Fill in the blanks

The company plans to _________ a new branch in the city.

• elegant

• invert

• supposition

• establish

The bright colors of the flowers were a beautiful _________ to the dull grey sky.

• cunning

• contrast

• invert

• exile

She spoke in a _________ tone, expressing her disappointment.

• invert

• dissonance

• interment

• subdued

They were finally able to _________ their differences and mend their friendship.

• reconcile

• invert

• cunning

• contrast

She gracefully walked into the room, exuding an air of elegance.

• establish

• elegant

• banish

• dissonance

The suspect's actions were under intense _________ by the authorities.

• monarchy

• exile

• scrutiny

• eminent

She had a _________ on organizing her bookshelf alphabetically.

• cunning

• banish

• bias

• fixation

After being found guilty of treason, the former leader was sentenced to a lifetime of _________ on a remote island.

• subdued

• reconcile

• degrade

• exile

The cruel king chose to _________ his former advisor from the kingdom.

• dissonance

• banish

• lithe

• invert

The journalist's _________ was evident in the way he reported the story.

• invert

• supposition

• bias

• fixation