Sadlier Unit 7-9 Review Section 2

Question 1

"And now for the ___!" the entertainer called as he entered into his final and most famous act.

Accepted Answer

piece de resistance

Question 2

Acommon goal for many political ads is to _________ an opponent and his ideals.

Accepted Answer

beleaguer

Question 3

The Goose wanted to see more deep thinking at Jesuit, sohe made a(n)_________philosophy club.

Accepted Answer

ad hoc

Question 4

Aterrifying smile and laughter is the known _________ of the Joker's toxin.

Accepted Answer

syndrome

Question 5

Thewall street banker envied the ____of the surfer dude.

Accepted Answer

hedonism

Question 6

Thewell constructed _of the city was an unexpected lagniappe whichfacilitated a quick commute.

Accepted Answer

infrastructure

Question 7

During his career, batman has been forced to ______ the Joker to anasylum countless times.

Accepted Answer

remand

Question 8

Athletes are routinely hounded by ____, and they mustlearn to protect themselves.

Accepted Answer

sycophants

Question 9

BecauseI was too busy with my client, I gave my assistant _______ to work on thepresentation.

Accepted Answer

carte blance

Question 10

The___________ floor was caused by someone spilling their copious amount ofMountain Dew.

Accepted Answer

dank

Question 11

Afterthe ___of the store, I proceeded to take the beautiful andartfully crafted Chipotle bowl.

Accepted Answer

depredation

Question 12

Whilecreating my twitter account I was asked to choose my __ so that Icould be identified

Accepted Answer

avatar

Question 13

Through crotch and low-hanging racist jokes, Adam Sandler's newer movies_______ to the audience

Accepted Answer

pander

Question 14

Myinability to answer the first question of the test was a _____________of mylow grade to come.

Accepted Answer

harbinger

Question 15

Manystudents find Jamison's boring and dull vocabulary sentences to be quite ____

Accepted Answer

lackluster

Question 16

Thestudent council did not accomplish that much because the council spent too much time with

Accepted Answer

casuistry

Question 17

The_________ council of the Church decided to rule that dogs do in fact go toHeaven

Accepted Answer

ecumenical

Question 18

When you love someone, you're willing to overlook the___ of the other because of their virtues

Accepted Answer

peccadillos

Question 19

Thedank weather became a(n) ________ which weighed upon him.

Accepted Answer

incubus

Question 20

The Senator told a group of students that whoever is selected for the internship would be his

Accepted Answer

protege

Question 21

AtJesuit High School, teachers tend to not display _________ inside or outside ofthe classrooms

Accepted Answer

nepotism

Question 22

Thestudent had a difficult time writing his research paper because he felt ___about his topic.

Accepted Answer

ambivalent

Question 23

The_______ old man was known for yelling at little girls who rodetheir bikes on the sidewalk.

Accepted Answer

cantankerous

Question 24

TheCatholic Church is considered ___, with many adherents all over the world.

Accepted Answer

ecunmenical

Question 25

Afterthe soccer player tore his ACL, he was forced into _____.

Accepted Answer

abeyance

Question 26

Her statement reviewing the movie was mere ______ since she only focused on one point

Accepted Answer

tautology

Question 27

Legal courts should always judge for the commongood and avoid any corrupt ______ from the law.

Accepted Answer

abberation

Question 28

Manyattempt to create a(n) ___with drugs or alcohol, hard work and helping others brings joy

Accepted Answer

beatitude

Question 29

The man refused to _____ to the abusive policies of hisboss.

Accepted Answer

truckle

Question 30

The___ writer could never get his SIGMEC to be under 750 words, resulting in a C+

Accepted Answer

prolix

Question 31

Thougha dark and dreary fortress, Sauron's castle, being next to avolcano, was anything but ___

Accepted Answer

dank

Question 32

Myfriend sat wallowing in __ after his graduationuntil his mother dragged him out by his ear.

Accepted Answer

bathos

Question 33

It'sdifficult to show any kind of _____________ for people who don't show any foryou.

Accepted Answer

empathy

Question 34

Atfirst I though physics would be fun, but it turned out to be the____of mygrade point average.

Accepted Answer

bane

Question 35

The__ ruler of chain food restaurants is Chipotle as no other food chaincompany compares

Accepted Answer

de facto

Question 36

Afterwe had finished our amazing dinner, we were told we had earned a freedinner,which was a __

Accepted Answer

lagniappe

Sadlier Unit 7-9 Review Section 2

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Sadlier Unit 7-9 Review Section 2

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