vocab unit 7 Flashcards
During the “summit meeting” held in Iceland, the President of the United States met with his Soviet ___________.
counterpart
Jonathan Swift so came to loathe human folly, vice, and hypocrisy that he died a virtual ___________.
misanthrope
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” seems to be the motto of ____________ young women.
pertinacious
The _______ manner in which he sidled into the room and tried to avoid being noticed actually drew attention to his presence.
furtive
In the Victorian era, designers ___________ women’s’ dresses with all sorts of elaborate frills and flounces.
embellished
Recent developments in that part of the world have intensified rather than _______ our fears of a renewed conflict.
allayed
A busy executive in today’s high-pressure business world just doesn’t have time to deal with such ________ concerns as making coffee.
picayune
The ______ movie palaces of an earlier era have given way to smaller theatres, decorated in a simpler, more austere style.
garish
Many a now-forgotten “movie great” has discovered to his or her chagrin that fame may indeed be as _________ as a passing shower.
ephemeral
He had the __________ to come into my own home to tell me what I should do to help him.
effrontery
When Charles V retired to a Spanish monastery, he exchanged the costly_______ of a king for the simple habit of a monk.
raiment
Often the antonym of a given English word is not so much its opposite as its (embellishment/counterpart) - for example, actor and actress.
counterpart
The “Old 400” was a very small and exclusive _______ of prominent families that dominated East Coast society for decades.
coterie
She has neither the starry-eyed optimism of the idealist nor the mordant cynicism of the (misanthrope/coterie).
misanthrope
Though the federal government does much to help the (indigent/illusory), private charities play no small part in their welfare.
indigent
