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12th #4 c
Castle Senior English SAT vocabulary #4 Sentences
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "_________ is the soul of wit." -William Shakespeare "_________ is the soul of lingerie." -Dorothy Parker | Brevity |
| "He is guilty of a horrible crime. I'd be surprised if they recommend ___________." | Clemency |
| "These cases have no legal support, ... It's so ____________ that there's a good chance that the law firm filing this may end up paying our legal costs." | frivolous |
| "This was a carefully planned __________." The thieves knew exactly where to find all the valuables. | heist |
| Other stars ___________ on Saturday Night Live last night include rapper 50 cent, Britney Spears, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. It was funny! | lampooned |
| He took a ______________ tone with me, I could tell he was ready to start a fight. | querulous |
| He looked at the broken toy, his eyes full of __________. | reproach |
| The nursery school offered the mother _____________ from child care. | respite |
| It's a familiar scene: offices where productivity starts the day briskly but falls into a deep ________ after a heavy lunch. | torpor |
| "It's not fun to wake up to a pond in your building. But I think we really came though this storm pretty much _______________." | unscathed |