I am a(n) ________ of child safety, but I also think children should be given some freedom.
Harriet felt she had no ________ but to go to the police with her information.
Roger felt it was his ________ responsibility to pick up litter and sweep the sidewalk in the town.
One of the most _______ uses of technology that I saw at the computre showcase was a program that helps blind children learn to read.
To what ________ group is this political campaign appealing?
Although she looked _______ when I suggested climbing the fence, Lizzie went along with the plan.
The detective thought the witness's story was _______ enough.
How much _______ do you give to the flashy stories you see on the local news?
If you have ever learned a foreign language, you know that _______ speech is very different from formal, correct speech.
Because Julio is so shy, public speaking seems like the ________ torture to him.
n. Tendency to believe things too quickly or easily→fidelity
adj. shy; not assertive→fallacious
adj. certain beyond doubt or question→indubitable
adj. Able to be trusted in or believed→credible
adj. without beginning or end→definitive
adj. original; dating from the beginning of existence→primal
adj. new and different→novel
n. an inexperienced person; amateur→primacy
n. a demand or threat that is final→ultimatum
n. An attack on another's territory; a raid→incursion
n. that which comes before; forerunner→recourse
adj. wrong; inaccurate→errant
n. A coming together→recourse
adj. wandering or straying→errant
v. to lower in dignity or esteem; insult→circumvent
n. a recital of words intended to harm; a curse→benediction
1. v. to speak aloud in order that one's words may be copied or recorded 2. v. to give an order; to make necessary→advocate
adj. having a forceful, excited, or emotional tone→exclamatory
n. style or action of speaking→malediction
1. v. to argue in favor of 2. n. Someone who argues for→advocate
adj. worthy of fear or respect; mighty
n. a misleading or mistaken idea
v. to trust (another) with information or a secret
adj. misleading or deceptive
adj. unable to believe something; amazed
n. condition of being first in time or importance
adj. just before the final; next to last
adj. showing creativity and originality
adj. extremely ancient; of earliest time
adj. extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small
v. To avoid by going around; bypass
adj. hasty and superficial
adj. deviating from a pattern or rule
n. Act of going out; exit
v. to give a political character to something
n. a leader who appeals to people's emotions to obtain power
adj. Worldly or sophisticated
n. a blessing
v. to speak loudly and with feeling
v. to use misleading or confusing language