Vocabulary Workshop Level C

We were shocked by their ____________ misuse of money that their parents had left them. 

• bountiful

• durable

• wanton

• frugal

Your speech would have been better if you had stayed with your main idea instead of ____________ off to side issues.

• bantering

• veering

• venerating

• maiming

After living for so long on a ________ diet, I was amazed when I saw the variety of rich dishes served at the banquet.

• frugal

• durable

• congested

• enterprising

Building a new skyscraper there will bring additional thousands of people into an area that is already _____________.

• invalidated

• veered

• congested

• maimed

The mad Roman emperor believed that he was a god and expected people to ______________ and worship him as one.

• veer

• maim

• invalidate

• venerate

Instead of approaching him in that timid and __________ manner, tell him clearly what is on your mind. 

• enterprising

• frugal

• oblique

• gingerly

I didn't want Charlotte to know that I was watching her, but occasionally I managed to steal a few ____________ glances at her.

• legendary

• oblique

• bountiful

• congested

When they saw that they had been caught red-handed, they resorted to all kinds of ____________ in a vain attempt to prove their "innocence."

• detriments

• antics

• banter

• waton

Our friendship proved to be _________ because it is based on mutual respect and honesty.

• enterprising

• durable

• gingerly

• incognito

Each year, falls __________ thousands of people, and many are never able to return to work.

• veer

• minimize

• maim

• venerate