| A | B |
|---|
| The government cannot just ___ contracts | abrogate |
| The_____ Michigan Democrat had long been contemptuous toward some Republicans. | acerbic |
| Schumer wants to ___ the bill on the House floor. | amend |
| The Iraqi borders had been _____ drawn and disregarded 2,000 years of tribal, sectarian, and nomadic occupation. | arbitrarily |
| Not only was the building _____, but so were the policies behind it. | archaic |
| In a letter to a friend, Roosevelt ___ this belief. | articulated |
| The _____ that all young people are lazy is very unfair | assumption |
| The project may live up to the hope, but it did not start out in an ____ manner. | auspicious |
| Doing the same warm ups for practice every day is a bit ____. | banal |
| There is a lesson for the Obama adminsitration as it tries to _____ its new position. | calibrate |
| Because he is such a ____ boss, I don't know how he will react | capricious |
| Aside from the one major ____, the deal looks like a good one. | caveat |
| When he called her aggressive, she thought the ____ meaning behind that was more negative than positive. | connotative |
| The school _____ two buildings to save money. | consolidated |
| Some feel college athletes should be paid; ____, they also did not want their ticket prices to go up. | conversely |
| The increase in national debt is having a ____ effect on economy and individuals | deleterious |
| Fever often ____ infection | denotes |
