If you don’t get me a cheeseburger in the next five minutes, the fabric of society may be torn _______.
asunder
amiss
aloof
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
ignominy
appellation
conflagration
verity
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Germany was finally reunited, and battles in the Balkans _____________, Europe survived the end of the Cold War.
beset
withstanding
notwithstanding
belied
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The reenactment of the Wright Brothers' first flight went ______ when the wind died on the makeshift runway.
asunder
amiss
besmirched
belie
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
meddlesome
bovine
piscine
mettlesome
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
He's been ________ by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life.
belied
aloof
beholden
beset
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The ___________ actress' dance training is apparent in the way she moves on stage.
winsome
piscine
bovine
lissome
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The Man of Steel, with his muscles rippling under the "S" emblazoned on his costume, has superhuman strength and can easily be described as _________.
virile
vulpine
asinine
sanguine
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The person prom-posing here seems ______ about the answer.
sanguine
besmirch
diabolical
belie
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In a parliamentary system, a prime minister is elected by lawmakers and thus ____________ to them in ways a president is not.
beset
beholden
besmirched
belied
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
conflagration
domicile
avarice
mirth
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The lawyer wanted to verify the ______ of her claims.
verity
veracity
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
expectorate
execrate
excoriate
procreate
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
I could see the twitching of his hands and the ____________ expression on his face; it was a keen sidelong look of a man planning something devious.
bovine
taurine
vulpine
piscine
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Martha Stewart remained __________during her insider trading trial. Every day, she glided into the courtroom flanked by bodyguards and rarely interacted with anyone but her lawyers.
aloof
beset
beholden
amiss
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
winsome
lissome
noisome
asinine
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
masticate
exocoriate
expectorate
appropriate
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Violence _______ violence, a relationship that’s abundantly clear in conflict zones.
belies
besmirches
abridges
begets
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The ___________ “The People’s Princess,” most frequently applied to her after her death, never seemed quite right.
execration
benediction
appellation
ignominy
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Congress is often criticized for its lack of __________; for instance, the DREAM Act was first proposed in 2001 and it still hasn't passed.
verity
mirth
malediction
celerity
21. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
With a muttered _________ between his teeth, he rang the bell, and was ushered into the hall.
avarice
malediction
conflagration
domicile
22. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
hilarity
mirth
ignominy
taurine
23. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
But some pirates would not be taken in alive, and many of the most notorious __________ outlaws met bloody ends.
bovine
asinine
vulpine
piscine
24. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
The country was repeatedly named as a ________ for offshore tax havens in last year’s Panama Papers investigation.