Vocabulary Builder Course 7

Lesson 35:

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


1.	Both blatant and __________ suggest an offensive act committed openly.
		A)	flagrant
		B)	furtive


2.	Someone with a flamboyant personality is unlikely to want to ___________ herself in a lonely place.
		A)	flaunt
		B)	sequester


3.	A thief trying to sneak into a house might be described as ___________.
		A)	furtive
		B)	obtrusive


4.	Jean had trouble studying because the ___________ noise of the cicadas broke his concentration.
		A)	obtrusive
		B)	vestigial


5.	An expert is expected to have both basic and ___________ knowledge of a subject.
		A)	flamboyant
		B)	recondite


6.	The teacher asked students to identify the most ___________ argument in the essay they had read.
		A)	blatant
		B)	salient


7.	As his mother wondered who had eaten her pie, Bill hoped no ___________ of crumbs remained on his face.
		A)	salience
		B)	vestige


8.	He had no desire to ___________ the evidence of his wrongdoing.
		A)	flaunt
		B)	sequester