| A | B |
| gregarious | When you go off to college, you had better have developed a --- attitude; you will have to live with at least one room-mate and possibly three. |
| implication | When the teacher told the students that they had better study, there was a clear --- that anyone who didn't would fail. |
| impunity | The younger of the two children misbehaved with --- knowing that his mother would blame the older for any problems. |
| materialism | All of us want to earn more and spend more than our parents; such --- is what Americans are known for. |
| obviate | By giving us a computer project to research, Ms. Allen was trying to --- the career requirement for a research paper. |
| parsimonious | As long as you cooperate and do your work, your English teacher will not be ---in giving passing grades. |
| parody | Beocat is a perfect example of a ---. |
| pathetic | The starving, --- children we see on TV news make us aware of how easy we have it in this country. |
| raze | Fire can --- a home it took six months to build in only a few minutes. |
| sanction | The congress of the US should not --- men making more than women in the same job. |