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Unit 5 Sentences
Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 5 Sentence Practice
Sentences | Answer for Blank |
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The driver of the getaway car was arrested and tried as an __ ( ) in the daring bank robbery; it did not pay to be a partner in crime. | Accomplice (noun) |
Throughout history, nations that are bitter enemies have sought to __ ( ) each other another rather than foster or promote reconciliation. | Annihilate (inf) |
They criticized the capricious-minded judge whose rulings appeared always to be ___ ( ) and without legal precedent. | Arbitrary (adj) |
Behavior considered __ ( ) or saucy in one era may be completely acceptable in another. | Brazen (adj) |
Enzymes are __ ( ) that aid in the digestion of food; without these as stimuli , food would just sit in our stomachs like lead. | Catalysts (n) |
The __ ( ) of African Americans to the industrialized North is known as the Great Migration; this hegira negatively affected the South, leaving many farms without the workers they needed to harvest their fruits and vegetables. | Exodus (n) |
The Federal Reserve Board may lower interest rates in order to ___ ( ) economic growth; citizens would most certainly appreciate this assistance. | Facilitate (inf) |
Inveterate criminals deemed __ ( ) can expect to receive maximum sentences for their offenses against society. | Incorrigible (adj) |
Don’t you think it is sad that that many people use only a small fraction of their __ ( ) abilities; they would do well to take them out of their dormant state and activate them. | Latent (adj) |
In the struggle for civil rights, Martin Luther King advocated peaceful rather than __ ( ) protest; he convinced his supporters to abandon their truculent and aggressive tendencies. | Militant (adj) |
Heathcliff sat alone, looking __ ( ); he had a sullen, gloomy manner, and no one wanted to approach him. | Morose (adj) |
I have read the book twice from cover to cover, but the author’s meaning is quite murky, almost ___ ( ); I doubt that I will ever perceive his purpose. | Opaque (adj) |
In a school system, the safety of the children is __ ( ), most important, during an emergency situation; all parents must be assured that we think of their children first. | Paramount (adj) |
As she __ ( ) on about her visit to the dentist, I wanted to grab her and scream, “Stop that incessant gibberish!” | prattle (noun) |
It is the defense lawyer’s job to __ ( ) the charges made by the prosecutor; he must disprove the case that his adversary builds. | Rebut (inf) |
His boss rebuked him, and then he was discharged form office with an official __ ( ). | Reprimand (n) |
Although he was born into a life of __ ( ), he shed his thralldom and became a prominent physician, one whom many respected and sought out for treatment. | Servitude (n) |
The biology teacher was so disgusted with her students’ __ ( ) effort, for her expectations were set high for thorough and in-depth research, that she ripped up their lab reports and told them to start from scratch. | Slapdash (adj) |
Jacob gave himself a good case of intestinal upset when he foolishly drank from the __ ( ) pond; even flowing water has its dangers. What was he thinking?! | Stagnant (adj) |
Most dieters at some point __ ( ) to the lure of a high-calorie dessert. It is very difficult to master those sweet-tooth urges. | Succumb (v) |
Mom and Dad said nothing when I failed the examination, but the disappointed looks on their faces hurt more than a severe __ ( ). | Reprimand (n) |
Though she had always loved art, Grandma Moses did not discover her own __ ( ) artistic talents until she was well into her seventies. | Latent (adj) |
The helpful librarian did a lot to ___ ( ) the research for my term paper. | Facilitate (inf) |
In large areas of the huge swamp, there were __ ( ) pools of water covered with unmoving masses of green slime. | Stagnant (adj) |
When he was suddenly deprived of everything he valued in life, the poor man became extremely gloomy and ___ ( ). | Morose (adj) |
After both of the opposing speakers had presented their cases, they were allowed time to __ ( ) each other’s arguments. | Rebut (inf) |
The fact that you cannot control these small unruly children does not necessarily mean that they are completely __ ( ). | Incorrigible (adj) |
According to current estimates by international conservation groups, it is highly unlikely that wild leopards will __ ( ) to extinction any time soon. | Succumb (verb) |
It is an unfortunate fact that the __ ( ) attitudes of Germany’s Kaiser and his saber-rattling cronies helped make World War I inevitable. | Militant (adj) |
You may think that his explanation is perfectly clear, but I find it confused and __ ( ). | Opaque (adj) |
In certain industrial processes, __ ( ) speed up the desired reaction by lessening the amount of energy needed to produce it. | Catalysts (noun) |
It is a frightening fact of modern life that we now possess the weaponry to __ ( ) not only our enemies but all human kind. | Annihilate (inf) |
As Isabelle had not yet been made acquainted with the view, the __ ( ) distinction of the place, Mr. Osmond directed her steps into the garden without much delay. | Paramount (adj) |
The second book of the Old Testament is named for the story it recounts of the __ ( ) of the Israelites from the land of Egypt. | Exodus (noun) |
When hunting, leopards seldom rely on an __ ( ) from their own species to bring down their prey, since the animal is an __ ( ) hermit that prefers a solitary existence. | Accomplice (noun) and Incorrigible (adj) |
Many people came to the Americas after they had been sentenced to terms of penal __ ( ) for crimes they had committed. | Servitude (noun) |
The leopard does not discriminate when it comes to food, and the list of its many prey seems almost __ ( ): baboons, lizards, insects, and antelope are all possible meals. | Arbitrary (adj) |
“If you spent more time and effort on your essays, they would cease to be such __ ( ) affairs,” my old sister priggishly observed. | Slapdash (adj) |
Leopards prefer to stalk their prey when the __ ( ) shadows of the night allow them to remain hidden hunters, but the animals also __ ( ) hunt during the day. | Opaque (adj) and Brazenly (adv) |
His friends call him “Motormouth” because he has a remarkable capacity to __ ( ) endlessly about the most trivial matters. | Prattle (inf) |