| A | B |
|---|
| boisterous (adj) | loud |
| burgeon (v) | to come forth |
| cadence (n) | rhythm; a rising and falling sound |
| cavort (v) | to prance |
| circumlocution (n) | indirect language |
| clairvoyant (adj) | able to see and detect things that others cannot |
| cogent (adj) | intelligent |
| colossus (n) | an enormous structure |
| commodious (adj) | spacious |
| cosmopolitan (adj) | worldly |
| daft (adj) | insane. foolish |
| deft (adj) | skilled |
| diligent (adj) | careful |
| elocution (n) | the art of public speaking |
| entomology (n) | The branch of zoology that studies insects. |
| exorbitant (adj) | excessive |
| extravagant (adj) | excessive |
| gregarious (adj) | sociable |
| latent (adj) | present but hidden |
| loquacious (adj) | Talkative. |
| meritorious (adj) | deserving of praise or merit |
| myopic (adj) | short-sighted |
| ostracize (v) | to exclude from a community |
| paragon (n) | model of perfection |
| pariah (n) | an outcast; a person rejected by society |
| persevere (v) | to persist |
| peruse (v) | to examine carefully |
| placate (v) | to soothe |
| ratiocinate (v) | to think |
| recalcitrant (adj) | defiant |
| recapitulate (v) | to repeat |
| redact (v) | to revise |
| render (v) | to say |
| seminal (adj) | original |
| synopsis (n) | a summary |
| tedious (adj) | boring |
| tome (n) | A (usually) large and scholarly book. |
| vast (adj) | enormous |
| verbose (adj) | Using or containing too many words. |
| voluminous (adj) | Large in volume or bulk. |
| The class was extremely _____when they had a substitute teacher. | boisterous |
| Trees and flowers _____in the spring. | burgeon |
| The poem's _____reflected the somber mood of the poet. | cadence |
| The puppies liked to _____around as they played with the ball. | cavort |
| Political rhetoric is so full of _____that it is incomprehensible. | circumlocution |
| The _____ woman could tell which cards would be played before the cards were even dealt. | clairvoyant |
| Marisa's parents offered her _____reasons for pursuing a college education. | cogent |
| He walks about them like a_____ | while little men walk under him and understand him not. |
| Femi's new place is so _____that her bedroom is bigger than my entire apartment. | commodious |
| A _____person is at home anywhere and is free from prejudice. | cosmopolitan |
| I remember asking a friend what the song was and feeling pretty _____ not knowing! | daft |
| The pianist used _____finger movements to play the composition. | deft |
| A _____detective investigates all clues. | diligent |
| The young boy went to _____class to work through his stuttering and to improve his public speaking. | elocution |
| I could not study _____because bugs gross me out. | entomology |
| The price of this car is_____. | exorbitant |
| I think it's _____to spend $50 on a shirt. | extravagant |
| He was a _____ person who loved being with people. | gregarious |
| My singing talent was _____until I took voice lessons. | latent |
| If you want to get a word in with someone who is_____ | you better take your chance when they take a breath. |
| The soldier won a purple heart for his _____conduct in battle. | meritorious |
| His perspective on the problem was _____in nature. | myopic |
| Ever since I spoke up | my former friends _____me. |
| The town planners looked upon their utopia as a _____for other communities. | paragon |
| Huck Finn | son of the town drunkard |
| To succeed | you must_____. |
| It is wise to have a lawyer _____a document before you sign it. | peruse |
| Jon tried to _____his girlfriend with long-stemmed red roses. | placate |
| Fred needed to _____in order to win the debate. | ratiocinate |
| The _____mule would not budge. | recalcitrant |
| Let's _____all we have learned today. | recapitulate |
| Her _____essay was far better than her first draft. | redacted |
| Will you please _____ this payment to the store owner? | render |
| We can hardly reject someone who has been so ______ and creative. | seminal |
| Al did not have time to read the play | so Mary gave him a brief_______. |
| Doing the same job over and over again can become_____. | tedious |
| The librarian pulled the dusty _____from one of the back shelves. | tome |
| The Arctic tundra is a _____treeless plain along the Arctic Ocean. | vast |
| The teacher asked Brenda to cut her _____speech from forty to fifteen minutes. | verbose |
| Her _____ skirts got in the way as she tried to walk down the aisle. | voluminous |
