Unit 2 Sentences

accost

The nobleman was ___ by beggars on his way to the castle.

animadversion

The inexperienced filmmaker was disheartened by the ___ of the film critic.

avid

Most writers are also ___ readers who have loved books since childhood.

brackish

The shipwrecked passengers adrift on the lifeboat became ill after drinking ___ water.

celerity

Although the heavy snowfall was not expected, the highway department responded with suprising ___.

devious

Teh interrogator used ___ methods to try to get the suspect to incriminate himself.

gambit

Asking an interesting stranger about his or her job is a popular party __.

halcyon

The teacher read the legend of the ___, a mythic bird that nested in a calm sea.

halcyon

The woman often spoke of the ___ days of her childhood.

histrionic

Upon recieving his award, the yound actor gave a ___ speech.

incendiary

The arsonist planted an ___ devide in the basement of the store.

incendiary

The radical ___ was sentenced to live imprisonment.

malestrom

Many innocent people caught in the ___ of the recolution lost their livevs and propery.

myopic

The ___ foreign policy of the last administration has led to serious problems with our allies.

overt

In order for Congress to declare war, the President must demonstrate an ___ threat.

pejorative

The lawyer was accused of make a ___ remark when referring to the defendant's background.

propriety

The social worker questioned the ___ of the police's request to see confidential records.

sacrilege

The anthropologist was accused of committing a ___ when she disturbed a burial ground.

summarily

As soon as ther was ecidence of criminal wrongdoing, the official was ___ ousted form his post.

suppliant

He made a ___ address to the parole board.

suppliant

Stranded in the deserted city of Moscow, Napoleon had to turn to the Czar no as a conqueror but as a ___.

Talisman

Most people do not believe that rabbit's feet and other ___ actually bring good luck.

undulate

The baseball fans began to ___ as they cheered, so that they appeared to move in a wave.

accost

As an employee of the local polling service last summer, I had to ___ people on the street and ask their opinions.