Vocabulary Workshop D Unit 2 B Sentences

After the formal dinner was over, we ____ to the den in order to continue our conversation in a more relaxed atmosphere.

• jeered

• adjourned

• feinted

At one point in our fencing match, my opponent unexpectedly ___ to the left and threw me completely off guard.

• adjourned

• jeered

• proliferated

• feinted

I can understand how poor people sometimes feel ____ by the wealth and luxuries they see on TV programs.

• tantalized

• proliferated

• adjourned

• feinted

We all experience fear and panic, but the leader of a great nation must be able to ___ such emotions.

• proliferate

• sully

• tantalize

• subjugate

"No," she said, "I won't ___ your ears by repeating those mean and nasty rumors."

• fortify

• adjourn

• sully

• tantalize

All great athletes should know that the same fans who are cheering them today may be ___ them tomorrow.

• fortifying

• jeering

• proliferating

• subjugating

Even though I must work hard for a living, I feel that the company I'm with amply ___ me for my time and effort.

• compensates

• proliferates

• subjugates

• tantalizes

Over the years I've noticed one thing about rumors: Where the facts are few, fictions ____.

• compensate

• proliferate

• subjugate

• tantalize

I would be unwilling to vote for the ___ of club members just because they were behind in their dues.

• proliferation

• subjugation

• compensation

• expulsion

To keep my self-respect, I must stand ___ before the authorities and tell them the truth as I see it.

• unflinching

• fortifying

• erratic

• sully