unit 6 Vocabulary workshop

Human and animal forms carved in stucco and stone are a common .............. in ancient Aztec art.

• motif

• neophyte

Though the book was written by an avowed .........., it enjoyed a certain popularity with religious types.

• agnostic

• derelict

As he sat before the fire reading his newspaper, Grandfather seemed the very epitome of .....contentment.

• plenary

• sylvan

Because she is a fair-minded woman, I'm sure she will present both sides at the controversy with admirable......... .

• equity

• effigy

Though I can sometimes be as ..... as an irate wasp, i normally do not lose my temper very easily.

• testy

• derelict

Today's forecast calls for variable cloudiness with .... periods of rain.

• abject

• intermittent

Bag ladies and other homeless ........ roam our streets in increasing numbers.

• neophytes

• derelicts

According to that village's custom, one can get rid of an enemy by making a tiny .....of him and sticking it full of pins.

• effigy

• motif

Only an ......coward would stand idly by while a defenseless old woman was mugged in the street.

• intermittent

• abject

The historian had long been noted for the soundness of his scholarship and the ........of his judgement.

• complicity

• perspicacity