Vocabulary 10 Sadlier

Wasteful use of energy at a time when there is a critical shortage of such resources is indeed ___.

• lamentable

• sonorous

• wastrel

• disheveled

Anyone who spends hours, days, and weeks just hanging around is a ___ with the most precious thing we have - time.

• wastrel

• vanguard

• misnomer

• retribution

Since Ben was confident he could play varsity ball, he was extremely ___ when the coach cut him from the team.

• blithe

• crestfallen

• contentious

• askew

With her lipstick smeared, her hair disarranged, and her hat ___, she was certainly a strange sight.

• blithe

• respite

• askew

• crestfallen

After we had been playing our favorite music at top volume for several hours, Mother entered the room and begged for some ___.

• allure

• misnomer

• respite

• vanguard

As I watched the gymnastic meet on TV, nothing impressed me more than the incredibly graceful and ___ movements of the athletes.

• exponent

• covetous

• askew

• sinuous

His wilingness to experiment with interesting new ideas clearly put him in the ___ of social reform in his time.

• exponent

• insuperable

• vanguard

• retribution

The taxi driver was so ___ during the long trip that it was a relief to return to my silent hotel room.

• lamentable

• garrulous

• askew

• sonorous

The church bells could be heard ___ ringing through the valley, announcing the end of the war.

• contentiously

• sinuously

• covetously

• sonorously

After years of waiting, the art collector was finally able to purchase the ___ piece of art by Van Gogh.

• crestfallen

• blithe

• coveted

• professed