Vocab in Context

Many of those who live in Manhattan’s Upper East Side are considerably genteel.

He relished the vagaries of vernacular speech and paid eloquent homage to them in his book.

When I had the flu and was locked in my room, I couldn’t help but feel forlorn.

Our history teacher started fulminating about tax law again.

The youth offered an abject apology for his misdeed.

His lucid history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate

The magazine features a photo essay of celebrities who are famed for their Hollywood stardom and pulchritude.

This ingenious production focuses the action even further on the character's hubris.

We went sailing on the secluded lake in a little two-person dinghy.

The fugitives must be recaptured!

Jeff, at times, is quite an incendiary.

Such folks led a precarious existence.

Before his signature,Michael offered a benediction in her birthday card.

The professor challenged the student's arguments, insisting they were based on sophistry.

Do not jeopardize your health by smoking.

The mashed potatoes were garnished with chives.

The pets had been cruelly marooned by their owners at the end of the summer.

The two companies had colluded to fix prices.

It was a government not very amenable to change.

The handcuffs may as well be adamantine.

The story Kathy told took forever because she included too many frivolous details.

Deb planned a grandiose party, with cotton candy, petting zoo, a face painter and a magician.

It sent a wave of ennui through the physics community.

Some of the more egregious errors must be corrected.

After her incessant nagging, I find helped my Nana use her computer.

A million couples divorce each year, and most start out striving to keep the split amicable.

Mike hasn’t released a second album, because he is so fastidious with his music.

The assassin's preferred method was defenestration.

Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau?

We brought containers, but it's a moot point now since it's all been eaten.

With detective stories, the conceit is that the triumph of Law and Order is a vindication of the status quo.

The impudent man looked her up and down, and told her she was “just okay.”

It was just a bogus claim.

There are examples of interim coaches who were able to parlay temporary promotions into permanent ones.

It was 4:25 am, that liminal time between night and morning.

The film is a series of vignettes about living with cancer.

Now presenting, the regnant champion!

Ann flouted the school’s dress code by wearing a super short dress.

The next opportunity to hobnob with the honchos is in November.

Her fervent hatred for the Boston Red Sox was obvious to everyone who knew her.

The dress she found in Irene’s closet had become antiquated.

I love the new coif, my dude!

The misty fog made the simple landscape seem suddenly numinous.

He was very adroit in his cross examination.

There was nothing untoward about his appearance.

In the story, the character is haunted by a doppelgänger.

The gasconade of teenagers is exhausting.

You are my arch enemy!

Fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison.

The doctor said the pill would alleviate the pain in his legs.

Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera & Andy Pettite helped foster my love for baseball.

The last vestige of the lost kingdom.

Stop being so obtuse, Mark!

Bill would rather donate his money to indigent children than to the museum.

When we heard he asked her out, we thought it was audacious.

If I sleep less than 4 hours, by the afternoon of the next day, I become quite inarticulate.

The car crash and all of the aftermath was quite a harrowing experience.

The football players quickly doffed their gear and boarded the bus home.

Though it could have been troublesome, the Chiefs greeted their opponents amicably.

Cold temperatures caused the material to lose resilience.

The first author he'd chosen was lollygagging on his manuscript, so it was my chance.

The coach is always chastising the players for minor mistakes.