Sadlier Unit 11 Completing the Sentence

Unless you can produce witnesses to ______ your claim that you stopped at the red light, the mere assertion will have little or no effect on the jury.

• corroborate

• disseminate

• satiated

• contingent

The stubborn refusal to give me a chance to compete for the scholarship on the same basis as everyone else is a(n) ______ injustice to the whole idea of fair play.

• palpable

• specious

• gauche

• abstemious

I don't like to criticize your behavior, but I feel obliged to tell you that your discourtesy to that confused tourist was highly ______.

• pernicious

• censurable

• florid

• discursive

Is there any need for me to describe at length the ______ effects of an unhealthy lifestyle?

• salient

• perceptive

• denizen

• pernicious

A(n) ______ characteristic of every great athlete is the ability to perform at maximum efficiency under extreme pressure.

• inculcate

• palpable

• salient

• discursive

The old fellow did indeed look like a typical ______ of the racetrack, as described in Damon Runyon's famous stories.

• denizen

• heresy

• foist

• dowdy

Though this may not be the most stylish blouse I own, I thought to myself, at least it doesn’t make me look ______!

• censurable

• dowdy

• sear

• abstemious

No honest mechanic will try to ______ inferior replacement parts on his customers.

• foist

• disseminate

• inculcate

• sear

If you wish to seal in the juices and bring out the flavor of your pot roast, ______ it briefly in a hot pan before you put it in the oven.

• sear

• satiated

• heresy

• discursive

His talk on world affairs was so unorganized and ______ that it left us more confused than ever.

• discursive

• censurable

• contingent

• abstemious