Vocabulary final

The _________ man was only kind to his elderly neighbor so that he could earn a place in her will.

• decorous

• feral

• ignoble

The bus runs from the city center through several ________ towns.

• provincial

• wily

• feral

__________ dictates that those entering a mosque must remove their shoes.

• Demeanor

• Decorum

• Benevolence

Every night, we hear the howling of the _______ dogs in the woods.

• ignoble

• feral

• unseemly

Our _________ neighbor volunteers for several charatible organizations.

• beguiling

• benevolent

• wily

Fearing widespread panic, the public health official cautioned reporters not to ________ the minor outbreak of the disease.

• surfeit

• profligate

• aggrandize

The antique furniture and fine rugs reflected the homeowners' _____________.

• aggrandizement

• intemperance

• opulance

The long-winded professor threw some _________ personal anecdotes into her lecture.

• profligate

• exorbitant

• gratuitous

There was such a (n) __________ of grain that it didn't all fit in the farmer's grain silos.

• surfeit

• intemperance

• exorbitance

Chantal's ________ spending habits got her deep into debt.

• satiated

• grandiose

• profligate