Vocabulary #2

In a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped for course.

After running to catch the bus, I realized that my clothing was all ____.

• renown

• awry

• pertinent

• apt

fame, glory

Some writers earn acclaim during their lifetime, but others win ___ only after their death.

• renown

• apt

• pertinent

• awry

Related to the matter at hand, to the point

The joke you told was very amusing, but I fail to see how it was _____.

• renown

• disgruntled

• awry

• pertinent

In bad humor, discontented, annoyed.

When flights are delayed because of bad weather, airline passengers may become extremely ____.

• apt

• disgruntled

• bludgeon

• recluse

To annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle

The annual task of filling out federal and state income tax returns ___ many people

• recluse

• curt

• vex

• bludgeon

Suitable, fitting, likely, quick to learn

The appropriate greeting card for a particular occasion is one that expresses ____ sentiments.

• apt

• recluse

• bludgeon

• devise

Short, rudely brief

Tour guides are trained to give complete and polite answers to questions, not ____ responses.

• recluse

• renown

• pertinent

• curt

(n)A short club used as a weapon; (v) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point.

Early humans fashioned ____ from the thick limbs of trees.

• bludgeon

• recluse

• vex

• pertinent

A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world.

An individual who has suffered a great emotional loss may become something of a ____.

• vex

• recluse

• renown

• apt

To think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

• disgruntled

• awry

• devise

• bludgeon