Champions A Set 3 Example Sentences

arsenal

When my friend Bob invited me hunting, he allowed me to choose a gun from his ___.

bounty

Columbus expected to find a miraculous ___ in the New World, but instead of gold and spices, his only profitable exports were slaves.

carcinogenic

Everyone knows that smoking is ___ but for many years, cigarette manufacturers denied their products posed any health risks at all.

centrifugal

If the string snaps on the toy that you are swinging, ___ force will send it flying away from you.

confluence

A ___ of different factors made tonight the perfect night.

constituency

In an effort to flatter her ___ Senator Burgess began her speech by calling them "the greatest humans who have ever walked on God's green earth."

cynical

People become ___ about diet programs when lost weight is soon regained.

denigrate

The company decided that its advertisements would no longer ___ the company's competitors.

diabolical

The police tracked down the ___ serial killer.

dialect

In the country's remote, mountainous regions, the inhabitants spoke a(n) ___ that the country's other inhabitants had difficulty understanding.

fleece

Because the field was so muddy, Jerry's sheep had filthy ___ and needed a good washing.

haphazard

He described in humorous detail his ___ travels around Europe.

imperious

The ___ nature of your manner led me to dislike you at once.

impute

The CEO ___ the many typos in the letter to his lazy secretary.

infallible

Peterson's book is a(n) ___ guide to the birds of the salt marshes.

jingoism

Loving your country isn't wrong, but when your patriotism is so extreme that you feel contempt for people of other nations, you're engaging in ___.

lush

The ___ rainforests of Brazil are rapidly shrinking, thanks to aggressive and harmful logging and farming practices.

negligent

Jessie's grandfather called me a(n) ___ fool after I left the door to his apartment unlocked even though there had been a recent string of robberies.

omnivorous

Humans are ___ beings, like rats and dogs: we'll eat plants and meat, and even foods composed almost entirely of lab-produced chemicals.

onslaught

The Union ___ at Gettysburg stopped General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania.

pang

Jarvis felt a(n) ___ of regret when he sold his old car.

penultimate

Having smoked the ___ cigarette remaining in the pack, Cybil discarded the last cigarette and resolved to quit smoking.

proscribe

Doctors ___ the drinking of alcoholic beverages by patients who recently underwent surgery.

somnolent

The ___ student kept falling asleep and waking up with a jerk.

venerate

The tribute to John Lennon sought to ___ his music, his words, and his legend.