Week 03 Practice
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- His speech was usually rambling, but this time I found it brief and _____ .
- laconic
- When _____ by a salesman, my mother always buys something.
- accosted
- Even under repeated questioning, the witness remained_____ .
- reticent
- A howling _____ of teenage girls surrounded The Beatles.
- throng
- The corporal received the Silver Star for his _____ deeds in combat.
- intrepid
- The _____ contest winner was unable to locate the lucky ticket.
- hapless
- In a _____ manner she removed her shoes and tiptoed up to her room.
- furtive
- My nephew is quite _____ at making model airplanes.
- adroit
- Her _____ of being tired did not fool us for an instant.
- pretext
- I often marvel as I watch the traffic policemen _____ at the onrushing cars.
- gesticulate
- Since my grasp of algebra is _____ , I cannot solve the problem.
- rudimentary
- The parakeet refused to be _____ into entering her cage.
- cajoled
- In reading the satires of Jonathan Swift, one must be vigilant in order to catch each _____ .
- nuance