Vocabulary Builder Course 6

Lesson 2:

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


1.	Her _____________ answer was all the more startling because she was usually so soft-spoken.
		A)	Machiavellian
		B)	stentorian


2.	As soon as he saw the bully's __________ he gave the signal to the other children to get ready.
		A)	silhouette
		B)	hector


3.	He admitted she was perhaps a bit _________, but she was nice to him and very mellow about things.
		A)	draconian
		B)	tawdry


4.	The two countries' intense __________ kept them from establishing peace with each other.
		A)	martinet
		B)	chauvinism


5.	Jessica was too much of a _________ to get along with the 'Goth' crowd that seemed to dominate her school.
		A)	sybarite
		B)	saturnine


6.	Their teacher may have looked like a __________ at first glance, but he was really pretty easy-going once the class got to know him.
		A)	silhouette
		B)	martinet


7.	Politicians accuse each other of such _____________ deeds that it is hard to believe that any of them really has the best interests of the people at heart.
		A)	Machiavellian
		B)	tawdry


8.	They instituted a seemingly __________ curfew on the city in an attempt to get things back under control.
		A)	draconian
		B)	stentorian


9.	The class ________ knew that if he didn't keep the other kids afraid of him, his power would disappear.
		A)	hector
		B)	sybarite


10.	She was so __________ that some days she didn't even make it out of bed.
		A)	chauvinism
		B)	saturnine