Vocabulary in Context

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lorraine felt such malevolence for her boss.

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

Jeff, at times, is quite an incendiary.