Quarter 3, #1

Because memorial ceremonies are important, the participants must act in a __________ way.

• decorous
• dogmatic
• despotic
• effusive

Toxic waste is __________ to the environment's plants and animals.

• deleterious
• dilatory
• embellish
• enmity

The new club president had __________ tendencies, always behaving like a tyrant.

• despotic
• enmity
• disingenuous
• dilettante

Sometimes teachers are __________ and the students think they are too strict for no reason.

• dictatorial
• eclectic
• disdain
• deleterious

The old piano instructor was ________: he was good at teaching, but only used specific methods.

• didactic
• dilettante
• egregious
• disparage

Wasting time during roll call is __________ behavior that slows everything down.

• dilatory
• deleterious
• disparage
• ebullience

Jeremy said he was a great bowler, but he wasn't. Since he never practiced, he was more of a __________.

• dilettante
• egregious
• dilatory
• decorous

Angela was __________ when she wrote her algebra, making sure all the little numbers were easy to read.

• diligent
• emulate
• dilettante
• dubious

He couldn't stand people who cheated in the sport, and felt a lot of __________ for them.

• disdain
• decorous
• enervate
• emphatic

Greg was being __________ when he kept quiet about who ate the holiday cookies.

• disingenuous
• disparate
• decorous
• dilatory