Vocabulary List 4 (2)

Her _____ caused her to not see the negative consequences of her choices.

• hubris

• tirade

• vindication

• unctuous

The _____ salesman compliments his customers so that they will buy his most expensive items.

• facetious

• feckless

• loquacious

• unctuous

The _____ assistant manager was fired once it was clear that she was an ineffective leader.

• evanescent

• incognito

• feckless

• unctuous

The governor's speech turned into a _____ against another governor.

• vindication

• tirade

• loquacious

• hubris

After she was proven innocent, she celebrated her _____.

• vindication

• tirade

• hubris

• evanescent

His _____ comment was meant to be funny, but it was entirely inappropriate for the serious situation he was in.

• feckless

• xenophobia

• facetious

• incognito

The _____ years of childhood faded too quickly.

• hubris

• loquacious

• unctuous

• evanescent

The teacher regretted putting all the _____ students in one group; the students talked so much, they didn't hear the directions.

• facetious

• loquacious

• feckless

• evanescent

The actress attended her own movie, but she arrived _____ so that no one would know who she was.

• incognito

• feckless

• evanescent

• unctuous

Dad was so mad about his flat tire that he went on a 10-minute ______ about the town's terrible roads.

• vindication

• xenophobia

• tirade

• loquacious