Vocabulary Quiz Difficult

After the scandal, the CEO's reputation was irreparably _, though some argued this outcome was merely a proper _ for years of questionable practices.

• effaced, recompense

• maligned, consolation

• deprecated, reckoning

• wrung, proposition

The professor's _ lecture on quantum mechanics, though _, left students with a deeper understanding of the universe's mysteries.

• disposed, presaging

• interminable, poignant

• transient, ineffable

• virtuous, abject

The critic's tendency to _ contemporary literature seemed at odds with his own _ attempts at novel writing.

• deny, induced

• confirm, virtuous

• deprecate, reckless

• malign, transient

The _ beauty of the aurora borealis created an almost _ sense of wonder in the observers.

• transient, ineffable

• poignant, deprecating

• abject, disposed

• virtuous, compelled

The diplomat's _ to negotiate peace was met with immediate _ from opposing factions.

• supposition, consolation

• tidings, undulations

• proposition, provocation

• venture, delinquency

The manuscript's gentle _ between past and present, combined with its _ insights into human nature, earned critical acclaim.

• undulations, poignant

• consolation, virtuous

• recompense, ineffable

• reckoning, presaging

The committee was _ to reject the proposal _, citing numerous methodological flaws.

• disposed, summarily

• unified, deprecatingly

• induced, recklessly

• compelled, definitely

His _ influence on the team, though _, had lasting negative effects on morale.

• malign, transient

• virtuous, interminable

• ineffable, confirmed

• disposed, unified

The detective's _ about the suspect's involvement was _ by new evidence.

• supposition, confirmed

• reckoning, effaced

• venture, deprecated

• format, induced

The _ task of _ the competing departments proved more challenging than anticipated.

• ineffable, confirming

• poignant, wringing

• interminable, unifying

• virtuous, presaging