Academic and Beowulf Vocabulary

Question 1

Your actions are _______________ to your words. How about you stop telling everyone and start showing.

Accepted Answer

contradictory

Question 2

Your college essay is no longer _________ since I discovered that you stole it from another school.

Accepted Answer

credible

Question 3

____________ that your child is innocent is neither sufficient proof nor enough to defend him or her during a trial.

Accepted Answer

asserting

Question 4

We were repulsed by her disgusting and ___________ posts on social media.

Accepted Answer

loathsome

Question 5

She _____________ claimed (v.) that she had studied, but her test scores suggested otherwise.

Accepted Answer

purportedly

Question 6

Make sure you do your research before you make an ________________ in your thesis statement.

Accepted Answer

assertion

Question 7

If you were a student at Bellaire last year, I ________ you had experience using the HUB.

Accepted Answer

presume

Question 8

The anti-social beast sought privacy and seclusion in his ____________.

Accepted Answer

lair

Question 9

The ___________ witch squirmed and wriggled as the holy water penetrated her suit.

Accepted Answer

writhing

Question 10

Victor Frankenstein had the ____________ habit of stealing bodies from graves and dissecting their parts.

Accepted Answer

gruesome

Question 11

Make sure you report she has obsessively harassed and _________ you since last spring.

Accepted Answer

stalked

Question 12

Beowulf _________ Grendel for his gruesome crimes against King Hrothgar's men.

Accepted Answer

loathes

Question 13

We are tired of your numerous _______________, so we will no longer be able to communicate with you.

Accepted Answer

Contradictions

Question 14

She __________ or pretends to have access to VIP, yet she does not.

Accepted Answer

purports

Question 15

The gluttonous monster greedily ___________ and stuffed the victim's flesh into his mouth.

Accepted Answer

gorged

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