Vocabulary 11

Mother was as upset as any of us, but she managed to hide her fears so that she looked positively ___.

• placid

• endemic

• superficial

• obnoxious

I find no one more ___ than a person who insists on talking instead of listening to the briliant and important things I have to say.

• obnoxious

• clairvoyant

• conclusive

• stark

In order to borrow my parents' car, I used the ___ that I wanted to go to the library to study.

• endemic

• clairvoyant

• reparation

• pretext

I selected them as my business partners not only because I respect their ability but also because I have confidence in their character and ___.

• itinerary

• superficiality

• placidness

• integrity

Instead of ___ so often to your own achievements and successes, why not wait for other people to mention them?

• placating

• protruding

• fathoming

• alluding

A ___ room wouldn't have much furniture or many objects of interest.

• potent

• disreputable

• superficial

• stark

Jane produced a convenient headache as her ___ for having to leave early.

• itinerary

• pretext

• reparation

• superficial

Palm trees are not ___ to the Cincinnati area; however, oak and maple trees are.

• potent

• endemic

• conclusive

• superficial

It is quite useless to try to ___ dissatisfied customers who actually enjoy being angry and making complaints.

• obnoxious

• placate

• allude

• misconstrue

I couldn't ___ why anyone who had gone through 12 years of school would want to drop out three months before graduation.

• placate

• protrude

• fathom

• guile