inkling
George Gershwin’s early songs gave only a dim _____ of the genius that was to express itself in Porgy and Bess.
copious
During the depression of the 1930’s. the nation seemed to take strength from Roosevelt’s _____ energy and enthusiasm.
deviate
We must show understanding and acceptance of those who _____ somewhat from our own standards of what is appropriate.
chastise
He seems to fell that it is his mission in life to _____ all those who fail to live up to his standards.
palatable
Since their loud talk and crude manners were anything but _____ to me, I politely declined their invitation to dine with them.
sophomoric
He tries hard to sound well-informed, but his superficial answers only betray his _____ knowledge of world affairs.
ardent
Your _____ interest in ecology shows that you care deeply about the welfare of this planet.
spontaneous
Your simple, _____ expression of appreciation meant more to me that all the elaborate, carefully phrased tributes I recieved.
allocate
Our meeting last week was marred by a heated debate over how to _____ the funds in ths year’s budget.
omnipotent
The lecturer explained that th UN is not _____ and that it can do only what the member states allow it to do.
emaciated
In the concentration camps, the liberating troops found thousands of victims horribly _____ as the result of starvation.
rancor
Perhaps you have been treated unfairly, but what good will it do to allow your sense of _____ to control your mood and behavior?
indemnity
The destruction wrought by a nuclear war would be so vast that any form of _____ to the injured would be impossible.
poignant
Lord Tennyson, the poet, speaks of “sorrow’s crown of sorrow,” by which he means the _____ experience of remembering happier things.
limpid
Far from being effortless, her simple, _____ writing style is the result of the most painstaking efforts.
capricious
The tastes of the TV audience are so _____ that no one can predict in advance which programs will be successful.
brash
She was _____ enough to tell her mother she was going to the dance in spite of the doctor’s orders.
assiduous
What she lacks in skill, she makes up for in ______ attention to every last detail and requirement of the job.
exulted
The entire student body _____ when our team finally won the cirywide basketball championship after years of losing to our bitter rivals.
gnarled
His weathereaten, shaggy, and _____ appearance did not conceal entirely traces of the handsome boy I had once known.