Unit 11 Vocabulary

When I go into a card store, I generally go directly to the section labeled “_____ Greetings,” since I seldom remember a birthday until it has passed.

• conventional

• belated

• decoy

• appease

When taken from their _____ of grassy plains teeming with game and placed in zoos, African lions surprisingly become quite accustomed to a life of ease.

• taint

• gallantry

• milieu

• mediate

The hunter floated _____ into the pond and waited in his blind for ducks to appear.

• decoy

• pert

• overbearing

• taint

My sister loved to _____ arguments among my brothers, and grew up to become a professional negotiator.

• impart

• quirk

• shiftless

• mediate

The diva favored _____ getups that made her the center of attention in rooms filled with tastefully clothed patrons.

• outlandish

• regale

• calamitous

• ensue

Many past civilizations used sacrifices of all kinds to _____ their gods.

• appease

• decoy

• regale

• judicious

The committee adopted a cautious and _____ approach to solving the problem: first, they’d consult experts; then they’d hold hearings; and finally they’d make a decision.

• overbearing

• impart

• judicious

• cite

I read about a breakthrough new technique for treating lupus, which has proved to be successful with many patients for whom _____ treatment has failed.

• shiftless

• conventional

• ensue

• delve

An avalanche must naturally _____ after heavy wet snow falls on a cold packed base along steep ridges.

• appease

• calamitous

• ensue

• decoy

Before she left on her trip, Aunt Jocelyn _____ a great secret to me—the combination to the small safe in her bedroom closet.

• regaled

• tainted

• outlandish

• imparted