Level F - Unit 2 - Completing the Sentence

They have a great deal to say on the subject, but unfortunately most of it is meaningless ___________.

• drivel

• epitome

• occult

• callow

The Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense are _________ members of the National Security Council.

• ex officio

• interloper

• intrinsic

• exhort

That dancer is very talented, but isn't it going rather far to call her "the very _______ of feminine beauty and grace"?

• epitome

• ex officio

• drivel

• lassitude

Representing an organization of senior citizens, the rally's keynote speaker __________ strongly against conditions that rob the elderly of their dignity and independence.

• inveighed

• precipitated

• surmised

• infringed

"The rash and __________ actions of that young hot head almost cost us the battle, to say nothing of the war," the general remarked sourly.

• precipitate

• occult

• aplomb

• bombastic

The mere fact that we cannot explain at the present time how she was hurt doesn't mean that she was the victim of some ______ power.

• occult

• bombastic

• lassitude

• ingratiate

After completing those long, grueling exams, I was overwhelmed by a ___________ so great that I felt I would never be able to study again.

• lassitude

• bombastic

• stringent

• callow

We do not know what her motives were, but we may __________ that she was mainly concerned for the child's well-being.

• surmise

• infringe

• stringent

• intrinsic

A good definition of freedom is: "The right to do anything you wish as long as you do not ________ on the rights of others."

• infringe

• aplomb

• inveigh

• exhort

Addressing the school assembly for the first time was a nerve-racking experience, but I managed to deliver my speech with a reasonable amount of ________.

• aplomb

• stringent

• permeated

• ameliorate