Eng 2 Vocab 0-6 Sentence Completion Review

There has been loads of research on the benefits for mind and body of spending time in nature; even just observing nature around oneself has been proven to be ______

• auspicious

• salubrious

• acrid

• contrite

Despite the _________ of societal change, Jane Addams, through her compassionate work in social reform, melted barriers and forged new channels for human rights and social justice.

• cursoriness

• laudableness

• deftness

• dilatoriness

As a political prisoner languishing in the Tower of London, Sir Thomas More looked __________ into the eyes of his captors, hoping his unwavering principles and intellect would sway their hearts.

• innately

• imploringly

• disdainfully

• contingently

In his autobiography, Morrow wrote that she was the “_____________ geek girl,” unabashedly obsessed with Monty Python, comic books, fantasy novels, and videogames

• quintessential

• implausible

• meticulous

• exploitable

Spin is sometimes dismissed as a simple _________ for lying. But it's actually something more insidious: indifference to the truth

• anomaly

• ultimatum

• euphemism

• cajolement

My mother was obsessed with the poet Nikki Giovanni, in love with her _________ feminine strength and her reconciliation of love and revolution 

• glib

• perverse

• malicious

• unabashed

The Medici family in Florence __________ hosted banquets that became a symbol of their wealth and power, dazzling guests from across Europe with their opulence

• malevolentlly

• wantonly

• surreptitiously

• malleably

Social media also provides a direct line of communication with fans, _________ global reach, and allows for real-time feedback

• sways

• yokes

• mortifies

• facilitates

When Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist, embarked on his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, he would ________ subtle variations in species, laying the foundation for his groundbreaking theory of evolution.

• discern

• abjure

• surmise

• solicit

Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is ________ by water damage and years of wear and tear, resulting in a blurry and faded image that is barely discernible.

• flouted

• marred

• esteemed

• blanched