Vocabulary Workshop Blue Book

Neither threats nor force will _____ me into doing something that I know is wrong. 

• hanker
• goad
• singe
• seethe

I'm normally fairly even-tempered, but I can be become ______ and irritable when I am tired or frustrated.

• unique
• literate
• peevish
• animated

The mayor will deliver her annual Fourth of July _____ in City Square right after the parade.

• oration
• constituent
• loom
• drone

ANTONYMS: identical, uniform, homogeneous

• luster
• miscellaneous
• culminate
• downright

SYNONYMS: energetic, vigorous

• brood
• constituent
• animated
• downright

The actor felt like a _____ fool when he forget his lines.

• constituent
• downright
• drone
• literate

SYNONYMS: oblige, humor, coddle, pamper

• goad
• luster
• singe
• indulge

The senator showed her _____ character by voting for bills she believed to be morally right. 

• upright
• constituent
• luster
• peevish

Instead of _____ about the misfortunes that have befallen you, why don't you go out and do something to correct the situation?

• droning
• brooding
• singeing
• verifying

SYNONYMS: ponder, meditate, worry, agonize

• seethe
• oration
• verify
• brood