Vocab I usage

The residents of Bayard showed remarkable _____ after the tornado nearly destroyed their town.

• insidious

• fortitude

• intimation

Voters may reject a candidate if he or she resorts to personal ____ instead of addressing the real issues.

• gape

• bereft

• gibe

The investigators discovered an _______ plan to rob people of their life savings.

• insidious

• opulent

• deploy

The tour guide showed us the ____ living quarters of the Royal family.

• opulent

• augment

• stolid

Her personality is so ____ that she fits into every crowd in this school.

• reiterate

• pliable

• gape

_____ people usually show little emotion and let few things bother them.

• Warily

• Ambidextrous

• Stolid

The child looked scared and _____ when he was found wandering the streets late at night.

• unkempt

• adulterate

• opulent

The hikers ___ climbed the monument, watching for snakes the whole way.

• dour

• warily

• guise

America is taking precautions to make sure that nothing ____ the voting by mail opportunity.

• tentative

• gibes

• adulterates

Many couples have to ____ their incomes in order to afford their mortgages.

• augment

• stolid

• gape