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Level F - Unit 8 - Completing the Sentence

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We have had enough of high-powered, excited oratory; what we need now is a(n) ______ examination of the facts.

a)

dispassionate

b)

bovine

c)

intemperate

d)

perfidy

2.

Although she seems rather plodding in her behavior and rarely becomes excited, I think it is unfair to call her "______."

a)

bovine

b)

hypothetical

c)

ignoble

d)

acrimonious

3.

She is a person of such fine moral standards that she seems incapable of a(n) ______ act.

a)

ignoble

b)

consternation

c)

susceptible

d)

relegated

4.

Instead of using their forces in one concerted attack on the enemy, they ______ their strength in minor engagements.

a)

dissipated

b)

squeamish

c)

bovine

d)

acrimonious

5.

The job of cleaning up the field and the stands after the big game was ______ to the freshmen.

a)

relegated

b)

susceptible

c)

disavow

d)

impugn

6.

Our discussion that day was a(n) _____ one, based on the possibility - still far from definite - that I would take the job.

a)

hypothetical

b)

dissipated

c)

dispassionate

d)

intemperate

7.

Far from presenting a unified front, the party is torn by all kinds of strife and ______.

a)

dissension

b)

impugn

c)

odium

d)

corpulent

8.

I am not trying to ______ his truthfulness, but I still do not see how the facts support his claims.

a)

impugn

b)

gauntlet

c)

corpulent

d)

perfidy

9.

Now that these ugly facts about his business dealings have come to light, I must _____ my support of his candidacy.

a)

disavow

b)

corpulent

c)

impugn

d)

bovine

10.

Vigorous debate is fine, but is there any real need for such unrestrained and ______ name-calling?

a)

acrimonious

b)

dispassionate

c)

gauntlet

d)

subservient

11.

He is so ______ to flattery that with a few complimentary words I can get him to do almost anything I want.

a)

susceptible

b)

intemperate

c)

odium

d)

hypothetical

12.

Though her overall position seemed to be sensible, her language was so unrestrained and ______ that people wouldn't support her.

a)

intemperate

b)

squeamish

c)

relegated

d)

dissipated

13.

Anyone as ______ as that trainee will have trouble accustoming himself to the sights, sounds, and smells of hospital work.

a)

squeamish

b)

disavow

c)

intemperate

d)

bovine

14.

Because Vidkun Quisling cooperated with the Nazis, his name has become a symbol of ______ in his home country of Norway.

a)

perfidy

b)

odium

c)

dispassionate

d)

gauntlet

15.

The ______ for this tragic failure does not belong to any individual or small group but to the community as a whole.

a)

odium

b)

corpulent

c)

subservient

d)

ignoble

16.

To the ______ of the people in the stands, the lion leaped out of the cage and bounded toward the exit.

a)

consternation

b)

acrimonious

c)

odium

d)

acrimonious

17.

Thomas Bowdler ______ certain words from Shakespeare's plays because he felt that they were unfit to "read aloud in a family."

a)

expurgated

b)

dissipated

c)

intemperate

d)

relegated

18.

When the genie came out of the bottle, she was _______ to her master and fulfilled his every wish.

a)

subservient

b)

gauntlet

c)

bovine

d)

acrimonious

19.

The bold candidate threw down the ______ and dared her opponent to face her in a televised debate.

a)

gauntlet

b)

corpulent

c)

dispassionate

d)

odium

20.


People with a tendency toward being ______ must wage a lifelong struggle against rich foods.

a)

corpulent

b)

impugn

c)

intemperate

d)

dispassionate