Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 8 Completing The Sentence

Question: Dispassionate

Answer: We have had enough of high-powered, excited oratory; what we need now is a(n) ______ examination of the facts.

Question: Bovine

Answer: Although she seems rather plodding in her behavior and rarely becomes excited, I think it is unfair to call her “______.”

Question: Ignoble

Answer: She is a person of such fine moral standards that she seems incapable of a(n) ______ act.

Question: Dissipated

Answer: Instead of using their forces in one concerted attack on the enemy, they ______ their strength in minor engagements.

Question: Relegated

Answer: The job of cleaning up the field and the stands after the big game was ______ to the freshmen.

Question: Hypothetical

Answer: Our discussion that day was a(n) _____ one, based on the possibility - still far from definite - that I would take the job.

Question: Dissention

Answer: Far from presenting a unified front, the party is torn by all kinds of strife and ______.

Question: Impugn

Answer: I am not trying to ______ his truthfulness, but I still do not see how the facts support his claims.

Question: Disavow

Answer: Now that these ugly facts about his business dealings have come to light, I must _____ my support of his candidacy.

Question: Vigorous debate is fine, but is there any real need for such unrestrained and ______ name-calling?

Answer: Acrimonious