Unit 14 Vocabulary
Unit 14 Vocabulary
1. I hate to bicker with you over the cost of a few gallons of gasoline, but I have to because I don’t have a dime to spare.
2. The report was not an impartial assessment of the problems we face; it was an intemperate polemic.
3. Although the premier enjoyed all the --- of high office, in practice he was merely a figurehead who wielded very little power.
4. Does “artistic freedom” justify the making of a movie that is deliberately vulgar and licentious in the hope of cashing in at the cash box?
5. From the vast mass of unsolicited manuscripts, the editor --- the few that might be considered for the publication.
6. It was absolutely impossible to follow --- of the man’s tortuous reasoning as he desperately tried to prove his point.
7. Five minutes after arriving at the dance, I upset the punch bowl—the first of many contretemps that made the evening a nightmare.
8. Their respective talents seemed too coalesce so that they eventually developed into a well-rounded and highly productive team.
9. True, you did reply to the wisecrack, but I hardly regard “Not!” as an outstanding example of devastating repartee.
10. Problems such as overcrowding, traffic congestion, and air pollution are more common in big cities than they are in less populous areas.
11. How can we continue to live in this noxious atmosphere of suspicion and hatred?
12. Though her career in the movies had many ups and downs over the years, it reached its apogee when she won an Academy Award.
13. Our purpose is to help people in trouble, not to mete out justice like a court of law.
14. You can’t hope to hold a truthful conversation if you are so dogmatic that you issue pronouncements instead of offering opinions.
15. They possess the kind of unshakeable probity that not only precludes lying but also require them to express the truth, no matter what.
16. There are so many disparate elements in her personality that I find difficult to tell you what kind of person she is.
1. I hate to bicker with you over the cost of a few gallons of gasoline, but I have to because I don’t have a dime to spare.
2. The report was not an impartial assessment of the problems we face; it was an intemperate polemic.
3. Although the premier enjoyed all the --- of high office, in practice he was merely a figurehead who wielded very little power.
4. Does “artistic freedom” justify the making of a movie that is deliberately vulgar and licentious in the hope of cashing in at the cash box?
5. From the vast mass of unsolicited manuscripts, the editor --- the few that might be considered for the publication.
6. It was absolutely impossible to follow --- of the man’s tortuous reasoning as he desperately tried to prove his point.
7. Five minutes after arriving at the dance, I upset the punch bowl—the first of many contretemps that made the evening a nightmare.
8. Their respective talents seemed too coalesce so that they eventually developed into a well-rounded and highly productive team.
9. True, you did reply to the wisecrack, but I hardly regard “Not!” as an outstanding example of devastating repartee.
10. Problems such as overcrowding, traffic congestion, and air pollution are more common in big cities than they are in less populous areas.
11. How can we continue to live in this noxious atmosphere of suspicion and hatred?
12. Though her career in the movies had many ups and downs over the years, it reached its apogee when she won an Academy Award.
13. Our purpose is to help people in trouble, not to mete out justice like a court of law.
14. You can’t hope to hold a truthful conversation if you are so dogmatic that you issue pronouncements instead of offering opinions.
15. They possess the kind of unshakeable probity that not only precludes lying but also require them to express the truth, no matter what.
16. There are so many disparate elements in her personality that I find difficult to tell you what kind of person she is.