vocab q1 (1)

Christopher tried to convince his siblings that his pet snake was safe,

but was unable to .......... their fears.

• assuage

• approbation

• decadence

• lurid

If you want to win the ................of a girl, put on some deodorant.

• approbation

• jaded

• petulant

• simulate

We formed a neighborhood .................. to fight crime, but the group eventually became

a bunch of insecure fathers threatening teenagers roaming the streets at night with baseball bats

• Coalition

• expostulate

• hackneyed

• hiatus

The police chief hoped to ....... the truth about the missing evidence from the

corrupt officer.

• elicit

• expostulate

• assuage

• coalition

Walter .............. with the waiter about the size of the bill.

• Expostulate

• hiatus

• jaded

• lurid

The plot of the film is just a ........... boy-meets-girl scenario.

• hackneyed

• petulant

• prerogative

• provincial

When your favorite TV show is on ........., that means there are no new episodes — not forever, just for a little while.

• hiatus

• jaded

• unctuous

• lurid

If your friend who recently stopped speaking to you glares at you across a room as

she says to someone else, "l would never lie to someone I called a friend," she's

making an .................. Without accusing you directly, she's saying she thinks you lied.

• innuendo

• Meritorious

• simulate

• Umbrage

If you've done something so much that it doesn't excite you anymore but just leaves you tired, consider yourself .......

• jaded

• Intercede

• Expostulate

• elicit

Sometimes people pray that God will .............. in their lives, meaning bring change that improves a situation.

• Intercede

• Innuendo

• unctuous

• Hiatus.