Review for Final 1

The priest's beautiful homily touched on the need to help out the less fortunate.

The caterwauling from next door was incredibly noisome, so we had to call the police.

"I meant what I said / and I said what I meant!" - Dr. Seuss

concerned is to distraught as interested is to

The literature professor's well-researched _____ of Natsume Soseki's Kokoro earned the praise of his colleagues.

"This box weighs a ton!" Fernando panted. "Diane, would you mind helping me carry it up the stairs?"

The people of San Francisco weren't exactly celebrating after the massive 1906 earthquake.

As chief of accounting, the budget for the project fell under his _____.

potter is to ceramics as legislator is to

The figure skater pirouetted with _____ she failed to properly execute her flip jump.

The resolute young man defied assured me, "The word 'quit' is not in my _____!"

When the zombies began rising from our graves, we decided to immure ourselves in the most secure building we could find.

certainty is to conviction as proverb is to

respond is to retort as scold is to

Billy's cold left him feeling _____ and he snapped at his friend Jane when she asked him how his day was.

hedonist is to self-indulgence as narcissist is to

traitorous is to loyalty as klutzy is to

objective is to bias as tentative is to...

sage is to wisdom as novice is to

La Brasserie used to be a great place to go for a delicious dinner, but nobody goes there anymore: it's too crowded.

odorless is to fragrance as transparent is to

The Broadway star always has a(n) _____ of fawning admirers waiting for autographs by the theater exit.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." - Charles Dickens

The scheme he proposed was so absurd and impossible that everyone accepted it as fait accompli.

Max's thrift is evident in his refusal to dispose of ____ even saves the extra forks and knives from take-out food.

Many genres of popular music have been influenced by the blues, _____, rock, hip-hop, and soul.

friendly is to aloof as malleable is to

Until we reach a rural area with little or no light _____ are unlikely to see a shooting star.

"It had been necessary to readjust rations (Squealer always said 'readjust,' not 'reduce'')." - George Orwell

Features of Earth that are visible from _____ Himalayan mountains and Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The clever mountebank ____ me out of my money.

"O Inconceivable being! / Whatever the shape of your house, / No matter how strange and colorless ...." - Billy Collins

My phone fell into the ______ between my bed and my nightstand.

"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money." - Ben Franklin

Before James travels to a country where a foreign language is _____ makes sure to learn a few key phrases.

"Parting is such sweet sorrow..." - William Shakespeare