Vocabulary Builder Course 6

Lesson 11:

Choose one of the two words provided to correctly complete each sentence.


1.	Ancient people believed in __________ things like griffins and the Minotaur.
		A)	mendacity
		B)	chimerical


2.	If a document can be proven to be _________ then it is inadmissible in court.
		A)	collusion
		B)	spurious


3.	They had to be very _____________ in their movements to avoid the guards.
		A)	surreptitious
		B)	delusive


4.	It was such a ___________ operation that nobody ever found out about it.
		A)	nefarious
		B)	clandestine


5.	He was so ________ he didn't even ask to see any ID.
		A)	gullible
		B)	devious


6.	He was known for such _____________ that nobody would believe a word he said.
		A)	surreptitious
		B)	mendacity


7.	Had he not been so ________, she might have eventually forgiven him.
		A)	spurious
		B)	devious


8.	The prisoner had to have been in _________ with a guard to escape the way he did.
		A)	collusion
		B)	gullible


9.	It was the ___________ nature of the corporation's reporting that lead to the federal investigation.
		A)	delusive
		B)	clandestine


10.	Only a __________ person would do such a thing.
		A)	chimerical
		B)	nefarious