
Vocab 10 10th
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- Q1gistIt will be helpful if you can state the _____ of his arguments in a few sentences.30s
- Q2covertIt is up to the courts to decide how far polic authorities may go in making use of _____ means of surveillance to catch criminals.30s
- Q3gratuitousIn view of the fact that I have been driving for many years without having a single accident, his advice on how to handle a car seemed entirely _____.30s
- Q4invectivesMy opponent's last speech was filled with such wild charges, acrimonious language, and bitter _____ that I walked out of the room without even trying to reply.30s
- Q5debonairHis elegant appearance was matched by the _____ ease and polish of his manners.30s
- Q6fortuitousOur meeting seemed at the time to be entirely _____, but I learned later that it was the result of a careful plan.30s
- Q7equanimityWe have seen her accept victory with grace; now can she face defeat with _____?30s
- Q8accrueThink of the great advantages that will _____ for all of us if we can carry out a truly effective program to conserve and maintain our natural resources.30s
- Q9procrastinatesAnyone who _____ when the opportunity for all of us to make a very profitable deal presents itself is not going to be notably successful in the business world.30s
- Q10reconditeThe kinds of books I enjoy reading range from light and airy comedies to _____ studies of social and philosophical problems.30s
- Q11motleyAs the British writer W. S. Maugham once observed, human nature is a(n) _____ collection of strengths and weaknesses, foibles and follies.30s
- Q12sedentaryDaily exercise is recommended particularly for people whose occupations are, for the most part, _____.30s
- Q13provocativeAlthough their language was deliberately _____, I did not allow it to cause me to lose my self-control30s
- Q14munificentThe _____ gift of the Mellon family made it possible to set up the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.30s
- Q15reprobateNo sooner had the incorrigible old _____ gotten out of jail than he returned to the wicked ways that had landed him there in the first place30s