Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1 Choosing the right word

hiatus

I enjoy science-fiction movies, as they provide a short but exciting ... from the problems of everyday life.

transcended

The magnificence of the scene far ... my ability to describe it in words.

elicit

My teacher can ... some degree of interest and attention from even the most withdrawn children.

innuendo

The defense attorney quickly realized that the witness's statement was filled with ... , not facts.

hackneyed

His skillful use of academic jargon and d fashionable catchphrases could not conceal the essentially .. quality of his ideas.

prerogative

At the Senior prom, my sister and most of her friends were glad that men are no longer expected to take the ... in choosing dance partners.

assuage

Perhaps it will ... your fright if I remind you that everyone must try something for the fist time at some point in his or her life.

innuendo

How can you accuse me of employing .. when I am saying in the plainest possible language that I think you're a crook?

lurid

The newspaper account of the tragedy was quite sensational and filled with ... details about the accident.

umbrage

Who would have thought he would take ... at an e-mail from a friend who wanted only to help?

jaded

After watching four TV football games on New Year's Day, I was ... with the pigskin sport for weeks to come.

provincial

We cannot know today what sort of accent Abraham Lincoln had, but it may well be that there was a decidedly ... twang to his speech.

approbation

Popularity polls seem to be based on the mistaken idea that the basic task of a political leader is to win immediate ... from the people.

meritorious

The most ... form of charity, according to the ancient Hebrew sages, is to help a poor person to become self-supporting.

decadence

The try to "prove" the ... of modern youth by emphasizing everything that is bad and ignoring whatever is good.

lurid

I truly dislike the kind of sensational popular biography that focuses solely on the more ... or scandalous aspects of a superstar's career.

petulant

On the air the star seemed calm, but privately he sent ... notes to those who gave him bad reviews.

hiatus

When the ... in the conversation became embarrassingly long, I decided that the time had come to serve the sandwiches.

jaded

I prefer reading about modest and sympathetic characters rather that those who are contemptuous and ...

coalition

The American two-party system almost always makes it unnecessary to form a ... of minority parties to carry on the government.

expostulating

I see no point in ... with a person who habitually refuses to listen to reason.

unctuous

Apparently mistaking us for the millionaire's children, the hotel manager overwhelmed us with his ... attentions.

prerogative

Because she had just received a large bonus, Joan felt it was her ... to purchase a luxury convertible car.

simulated

To impress her newly made friend. she ... an interest in modern art, of which she knew nothing.

intercede

If you try to ... in a friend's quarrel, you will only make things worse.