LEVEL G UNIT 7 VOCABULARY WORKSHOP PP 93-97

I CAN ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE CRUSHING REJOINDER, THE DAZZLING WITTICISM, OR THE (--) PHRASE -- ABOUT AN HOUR LATER.

THOUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES MUCH TO HELP THE (--), PRIVATE CHARITIES PLAY NO SMALL PART IN THEIR WELFARE.

EFFECTIVE COACHES ARE ABLE TO (--) THE DOUBTS OF THEIR PLAYERS.

"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, TRY, TRY AGAIN" SEEMS TO BE THE MOTTO OF THAT (--) YOUNG WOMAN.

AN EMOTION SO FICKLE AND (--) DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE CATEGORIZED AS "LOVE."

RALPH WALDO EMERSON AND A(N) (--) OF LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS LED THE AMERICAN TRANSCENDENTALISM MOVEMENT IN THE MID 19TH CEN

WHEN I RETURNED TO THE OFFICE EARLIER THAN EXPECTED, I CAUGHT THE LITTLE SNOOP (--) GOING THROUGHT THE PAPERS ON MY DESK

THE DISASTROUS STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929 LEFT MANY A WEALTHY SPECULATOR AS (--) AS THE PROVERBIAL CHURCH MOUSE.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, MY SISTER'S SOLEMNLY MADE COMMITMENT TO DAILY CLARINET PRACTICE WAS (--), LASTING ONLY FIVE DAYS.

IF INSTALLMENT BUYING IS NOT CAREFULLY CONTROLLED, THE BENEFITS THAT CAN ACCURE FROM IT MAY PROVE WHOLLEY(--).

I AM FLATTERED THAT YOU WANT ME TO CHAIR THE MEETING, BUT I MUST (--) ON THE GROUNDS OF MY YOUTH AND INEXPERIENCE.

SADLY, IN OUR CELEBRITY-OBSESSED CULTURE, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES MAKE (--) AMOUNTS OF MONEY WHILE EDUCATORS MAKE LITTLE.

OFTEN THE ANTONYM OF A GIVEN ENGLISH WORD IS NOT SO MUCH ITS OPPOSITE AS ITS (--), -- FOR EXAMPLE, ACTOR AND ACTRESS.

TO CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, MY GRANDFATHER DESCRIBED THE (-) CHOICE HE MADE TO ASK MY GRANDMOTHER FOR A DATE

WHEN THE FACTS OF A MATTER SPEAK SO PLAINLY FOR THEMSELVES, WE SHOULDN'T SEEK TO (--) THEM.

SOMEHOW, IT DEPRESSES ME TO THINK THAT WITH THE APPROACH OF WINTER THIS MAGNICENT OLD TREE WILL SURRENDER ALL ITS (--)

NOTHING WE COULD SAY SEEMED TO (--) HER GRIEF OVER THE LOSS OF HER DOG.

AS THE ROCK STAR'S POPULARITY BEGAN TO SKYROCKET, WHAT HAD BEEN A SMALL (--) OF ADMIRERS BECAME AN UNRULY MOB.

"YOU MEAN YOU HAD THE (--) TO ASK FOR A RAISE WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS YOU'VE BEEN GOOFING OF LATELY?" I ASKED IN AMAZEMENT.

THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE (--) COMMANDERS OF SUCH CONCENTRATION CAMPS AS AUSCHWITZ APPALLED THE CIVILIZED WORLD.

EVERY DYNAMIC AND SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY MUST BE ABLE TO (--) IDEAS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR USEFULNESS

TO ANYONE AS FOND OF HORSES AS I AM, THE STABLE AND THE TACK ROOM PROVIDE AS (--) AN ATMOSTPHERE AS ONE COULD WISH FOR.

THE PROOREADER DIDN'T NOTICE AN SIGNIFICANT FLAWS IN THE WRITING, BUT HE DID FIND A FEW( --) ERRORS IN PUNCTUATION.

THE (-) MANNER IN WHICH HE SIDLED INTO THE ROOM AND TRIED TO AVOID BEING NOTICED ACTUALLY DREW ATTENTION TO HIS PRESENCE

THE FAMOUS SLEUTH PURSUED HIS INVESTIGATION WITH ALL THE (--) OF A LION STALKING ITS DINNER.

SHE HAS NEITHER THE STARRY-EYED OPTIMISM OF THE IDEALIST NOR THE MORDANT CYNICISM OF THE (--)

THE PRESIDENCY IS THE "TOUGHEST JOB IN THE WORLD" BECAUSE IT MAKES SUCH (--) DEMANDS ON A PERSON'S ENERGY AND INGENUITY.

THE KIND O (--) THEATRICAL MAKEUP USED BY CIRCUS CLOWNS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR AN ELEGANT FASHION MODEL.