Vocabulary Power Plus - Book 4 - Lesson 1 - Sentence Completion

Question 1

The __________ photographs of the starving children prompted Damarius to send a donation.

Accepted Answer

wrenching

Question 2

The camping trip was horrible; the mosquitoes were ___________ and hungry.

Accepted Answer

ubiquitous

Question 3

Death Valley and the Badlands are both characterized by their lack of ______ soil.

Accepted Answer

arable

Question 4

The last few hours of school before the holiday vacation seemed ___________.

Accepted Answer

interminable

Question 5

The candidate _________ his campaign because of a family illness.

Accepted Answer

truncated

Question 6

The _________ funeral scene temporarily interrupted the comic tone of the play.

Accepted Answer

lugubrious

Question 7

Skyler ______ flowers and then uses them to make wreaths.

Accepted Answer

desiccates

Question 8

Kyreke and Diamond were happy to find their stream _________ with trout.

Accepted Answer

replete

Question 9

Chase seldom removed the ________, antique dishes from the cabinet.

Accepted Answer

frangible

Question 10

Oddly enough, the plaintiff recounted the story of her attack with perfect _____________.

Accepted Answer

equanimity

Question 11

Using slang or ___________ in a formal essay is typically considered inappropriate.

Accepted Answer

vernacular

Question 12

The warring factions declared a ___________ on combat during the peace talks.

Accepted Answer

moratorium

Question 13

The coach attributed the team's success to the _________ among the players.

Accepted Answer

camaraderie

Question 14

The ____ gardener planted so many flowers that a number of them did not have the space to grow.

Accepted Answer

zealous

Question 15

The disgruntled student, Blake, read a _______ of complaints to the company representative.

Accepted Answer

litany

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