| A | B |
| irrational | It is --- to believe that you can daydream in class, never do your homework or pass a test and still expect to graduate. |
| prolific | David was a --- employee producing twice as much work as anyone on his shift. |
| propitious | Following 9/11 a small child said he knew everything would be ok because school wan't cancelled the next day. For him going to school was a --- occasion indicating that evrything would be fine. |
| protract | We all love "snow days" but none of us want a ---(ed) "vacation" because that would delay our getting out of school in May on time. |
| retract | The political candidate had to --- one of his ads because it clearly wasn't the truth. |
| revere | We --- heroes who willing put their lives on the line everyday for strangers. |
| stigmatize | The girls only meant to play a joke on their friend not realizing they would --- their friend for years to come as someone easily "fooled." |
| stymie | The FBI and CIA hope to --- any further attempts of terrorists to kill Americans. |
| subterfuge | The terrorists came into this country using --- on the pretense that they were students. |
| trivial | No grade is unimportant or ---; they all count toward your final average. |