Complete the sentance Flashcards
(12 cards)
The doctors reported that the patient was suffering from delusions of grandeur and other unmistakeable signs of ___
Megalomania, sedentary, remonstrate, supposition, mitigate, fractious
megalomania
dont you think its a little pointless to ___ with the umpire when you know hes not going to change his call?
Megalomania, sedentary, remonstrate, supposition, mitigate, fractious
remonstrate
That horse is so __ that even expert riders cannot control him, no matter how hard they try.
Megalomania, sedentary, remonstrate, supposition, mitigate, fractious
fractious
the ancient stoic philosophers tried to teach people to bear both triumph and tragedy with ___
thwart, disconsolate, contiguous, implicit, equanimity, supplicate
equanimity
our opponents alert defense ___ our efforts to score on a suprise ends sweep
thwart, disconsolate, contiguous, implicit, equanimity, supplicate
thwarted
my neighbor was ___ when his dog disappeared and asked everyone to join in the search.
thwart, disconsolate, contiguous, implicit, equanimity, supplicate
disconsolate
though the solution seemed simple, it had been arrived at through a(n) ____ process of trial and error
callow, contingent, broach, tortuous, abominate, hiatus
tortuous
i could see from the grim look on my bosses face that “never” would undoubtebly be the most opportune time to ___ the ticklish subject of a raise.
callow, contingent, broach, tortuous, abominate, hiatus
broach
the general rushed ___ of fresh troops into the fray as soon as they arrived on the scene
callow, contingent, broach, tortuous, abominate, hiatus
contingent
even though i love to go fishing, im much too ___ to put the worm on the hook myself
avarice, reprove, inauspicious, squeamish, deseanor, corroborate
squeamish
when our little practical joke backfired in our faces, the principal called us into his office and ___ us severly for our thoughtfulll behavior
avarice, reprove, inauspicious, squeamish, deseanor, corroborate
reproved
one reason for the continuing popularity of TV game show is that they pander to the sense of ___ in many of us
avarice, reprove, inauspicious, squeamish, deseanor, corroborate
avarice