14: ous, ine, al Wednesday

After cleaning for hours, her (a)   kitchen sparkled.

• pristine
• tedious
• malicious
• voracious

Complete the following sentence with the correct word from your list: The doctor assured him that his illness was not ___________ and that many people will contract the flu this year.

• abnormal

• tedious

• malicious

• voracious

He had a (a)   way about him, slithering and winding through the party like a snake.

• serpentine
• tedious
• malicious
• voracious

He regretted his _____ decision to put his life savings into a company that was going bankrupt.

Complete the following sentence with the correct word from your list: Lola is not a ___________ person, so I knew she would never do or say anything that might be hurtful to someone.

• malicious

• tedious

• voracious

• asinine

After hours of my (a)   job of sorting thousands of beads by color and size, I was ready to go home and relax.

• tedious
• malicious
• voracious
• asinine

His fate is in the hands of the (a)   system, and we must let the courts determine his future.

• tedious
• malicious
• judicial
• voracious

The company ran a _____ advertisement about its competitor, but luckily, people knew it wasn’t true.

Complete the following sentence with the correct word from your list: Kenneth is a ___________ reader, devouring two to three books a day!

• tedious

• malicious

• voracious

• asinine

His (a)   works of art attract thousands of visitors from around the world.

• phenomenal
• tedious
• malicious
• asinine