Vocab W6 - W10 (Word + Sent)

The _______ feelings of the group were strengthened by the monthly fishing trips that were planned.

The _______ feelings of the group were strengthened by the monthly fishing trips that were planned.

Fraternal

There was a lot of ______ activity in the office, but nothing ever seemed to get accomplished.

Frenetic

Laura was so _____ that she even tried to bargain with the checkout girl at the supermarket.

Frugal

Cal wiggled his ears while the countess was talking to him in a _______ attempt to catch our attention.

Furtive

A D+ average and no extracurricular interests to speak of meant that applying to Harvard was ______, but Lucinda hoped against hope.

Futile

The scientist's _______ plan was to build a huge shopping center on the surface of the moon.

Grandiose

Their attack against us was _______; we had never done anything to offend them.

Gratuitous

The anchorman's nervous giggling was entirely inappropriate, given the _______ of the situation.

Gravity

Dirk was too _______ to enjoy the fifty years he spent in solitary confinement.

Gregarious

José used ______, not intelligence, to win the spelling bee; he cheated.

Guile

The football coach often began practice with a lengthy _____ on the virtues of clean living.

Homily

The kindergarten class was extremely ____________: All the children had blond hair, blue eyes, red shoes, and the same last name.

Homogenous

_________ is the practice of conserving money or resources. To husband is to economize.

Husbandry

When Joe said, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse," he was using _______ to convey the extent of his hunger.

Hyperbole

There were several __________ explanations for the strange phenomenon, but no one could say for certain what had caused it.

Hypothetical

Larry's practice of spitting into the fireplace became ________ despite his wife's protestations.

Inveterate

The CEO was so _________, his employees were afraid to talk to him for fear he might hurl paper weights at them.

Irascible

Eddie was being ______ when he said he loved Peter like a brother; in truth, he hated him.

Ironic

Shortly after his car began to plunge toward the sea, Tom decided not to drive off the cliff after all, but by that point his decision was ________.

Irrevocable

The ________ junk dealer passes through our neighborhood every month or so, pulling his wagon of odds and ends.

Itinerant

The judge was far from ________; he told the jury that he thought the defendant looked guilty and said that anyone who would wear a red bow tie into a courtroom deserved to be sent to jail.

Judicious

Comedy and tragedy were _________ in the play, which was alternately funny and sad.

Juxtapose

________ energy is energy associated with motion. A speeding bullet has a lot of _______ energy.

Kinetic

Harry's _________ eulogy at the funeral of his dog eventually made everyone start giggling.

Lugubrious

The moon was a ______ disk in the cloudy nighttime sky.

Luminous