SAT Vocabulary # 12

Her learning the cello was ___ when she couldn't handle it, so she took up the violin instead.

I wish my boss didn't ___ so much work for me because it is hard to keep up with it all.

-harsh, severe, stern

The Huns were a ___ group known for pillaging and destroying all in their path.

The doctor prescribed an ___  medication to help the rash heal.

The tomato ___ of 20012 made us lose interest in gardening when the plants failed to thrive.

-to move or act without direction or steady guidance

Don't ask when a woman is due unless you're sure she 's expecting!  That's a real social ___.

Her ___ and loud manner may have been the reason she was never chosen to be an adoptive mother.

Nobody likes a boss who ___ the workers in the presence of others, but it does keep them busy.