Burritt E&H

Feeling angry is always ____________________; it only negatively impacts the one feeling angry.

• alluring

• prescribed

• counterproductive

• brazen

One of the strongest appeals of Google is that it provides _________________ answers to questions, but also allows us to delve into details if we choose.

• proscribed

• succinct

• teeming

• wretched

People in Great Britain love the monarchy in part because of the _____________ involved in virtually every official act the royal family engages in.

• panacea

• aversion

• antipathy

• pomp

I prefer to plant __________________ rather than annual flowers in my garden because they come back every spring.

• perennial

• abstruse

• ambivalent

• ubiquitous

While it would seem that Donald Trump's reputation would be permanently and globally __________ given the many criminal charges he faces, it seems that his supporters continue to ______________ his run for the presidency.

• impugned/champion

• abased/corroborate

• supplanted/proscribe

• lauded/preclude

When I first heard about the musical Hamilton, the idea of placing rap music within a historical setting seemed too ___________________, but when I actually saw the show, I loved it.

• abstruse

• animated

• anachronistic

• alluring

Many people are deeply concerned about the degree to which AI will ___________________ human creativity.

• impugn

• supplant

• corroborate

• rebuke

Reality TV seems to appeal to the most ________________________ consumer of entertainment; viewers, like the people on the shows, likely are unable to process any content that requires complex cognitive function.

• vapid

• tractable

• ephemeral

• existential

At my daughter's house, I broke my self-imposed ________________ from meat and enjoyed an delicious barbequed rib dinner.

• approbation

• aversion

• petulance

• abstinence

The child quickly became __________________ and ____________________ when her mother refused to buy her candy in the check-out aisle

• peevish

• credulous

• petulant

• torpid