Unit 7 Vocab sentences

Question 1

Dissembling

Answer 1

“a strikingly beautiful girl, an orphan, with an endless capacity for dissembling.”

Question 2

Obscene

Answer 2

“my own household is discovered to be the very center of some obscene practice.”

Question 3

Begrudge

Answer 3

“Do you begrudge my bed, Uncle?”

Question 4

Providence

Answer 4

“Putnam: It is a providence the thing is out now! It is a providence.”

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

“Putnam: Mr. Parris, I have taken your part in all contention here, and I would continue; but I cannot if you hold back in this.”

Question 6

Formidable

Answer 6

“Oh Goody Ann, It is a formidable sin to conjure up the dead!”

Question 7

Hypocrisy

Answer 7

“It is another trait we inherited from them, and it has helped to discipline us as well as to breed hypocrisy among us.”

Question 8

Covenanted

Answer 8

“.. I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!”

Question 9

Prodigious

Answer 9

“That is a notorious sign of witchcraft afoot, Goody Nurse, a prodigious sign!”

Question 10

Baffled

Answer 10

“Rebecca, the doctor’s baffled.”

Question 11

Fathom

Answer 11

“I cannot fathom that.”

Question 12

Licentious

Answer 12

“How can it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all manner of licentious people in the village.”

Question 13

Austere

Answer 13

The austere clothing and conduct of the Puritans expressed their humility.

Question 14

Beneficent

Answer 14

From them I learned that purely beneficent acts can require as much hard work as a nine-to-five job.

Question 15

Cadaverous

Answer 15

The rescued captives were weak from hunger and cadaverous in appearance.

Question 16

Concoct

Answer 16

He concocted a savory stew with fresh herbs and vegetables from the garden.

Question 17

Crass

Answer 17

We fell that the positions of our representative show a crass indifference to our problems.

Question 18

Debase

Answer 18

Every time a new rule is introduced in a popular sport, there are fans who say it will debase the game.

Question 19

Desecrate

Answer 19

The search continues for the vandals who desecrated the cemetery.

Question 20

Disconcert

Answer 20

They had hoped to disconcert him with an unexpected question, but he was well prepared.

Question 21

Grandiose

Answer 21

In how many stories, I wonder, does an ambitious villain become the victim of grandiose plans?

Question 22

Inconsequential

Answer 22

Feel free to ignore the inconsequential details, provided that you know exactly which ones they are.

Question 23

Infraction

Answer 23

His uncle paid a fine for his infraction of the local recycling regulations.

Question 24

Mitigate

Answer 24

I had hoped to mitigate her anger by offering an apology.

Question 25

Pillage

Answer 25

The commanding officer warned his troops not to pillage the conquered city.

Question 26

Prate

Answer 26

He would prate endlessly about the past but say nothing useful about our present dilemma.

Question 27

Punctilious

Answer 27

The clerk was so punctilious in obeying court rules that I had to remind him why I was there.

Question 28

Redoubtable

Answer 28

As a ruler he was redoubtable, but, like all such rulers, he was not much loved.

Question 29

Reprove

Answer 29

She reproved her staff for having followed orders blindly.

Question 30

Restitution

Answer 30

They made restitution for the damage to the car but never fully regained the friendship of its owner.

Question 31

Stalwart

Answer 31

She became as stalwart on the basketball court as she was quick at mathematical puzzles.The enemy had broken through out first line but was repulsed by the stalwart defending the gates.

Question 32

Vulnerable

Answer 32

Those brave enough to have opposed the dictator’s rise now found themselves in a vulnerable position.