| A | B |
|---|
| 1. In the boat we prayed the storm would **** or we were going to wreck. | abate |
| 2. The fans gave the star player copious ****** . | adulation |
| 3. The judge held the killer in ****** and sentenced him to a slow, slow death. | anathema |
| 4. The Jew was very ***** with his money. | astute |
| 5. The lawyer had an ever growing ***** for money. | avarice |
| 6. The ****** crimes of the murderer led to the death of thousands of people. | culpable |
| 7. She hired a maid because she was always ******** in cleaning her house. | dilatory |
| 8. The metal band looked ******* at the church. | egregious |
| 9. The known liar spoke ******** making the teacher weary. | equivocately |
| 10. The church had a feel of ****** during the Easter service. | evanescence |
| 11. The judge was ******* about the sentence of the killer. | irresolute |
| 12. The scientist studied the *****. | nebulous |
| 13. The ***** killer was messy and loud. | novice |
| 14. The white trash family was happy to escape ***** by winning the lottery. | penury |
| 15. The elitist politician was ****** when talking to the middle class folks. | pretentious |
| 16. The teacher wanted us to ****** the plot of the story. | recapitulate |
| 17. We tried ****** the corpses however there were just to many to attend to. | resuscitating |
| 18. The white trash man lived ******* in his trailer with four other people. | slovenly |
| 19. The detective went off of ***** instead of fact, this lead him to convict the wrong person. | supposition |
| 20. The ****** girl never had a date for Saturday night. | torpid |
