1. Vocabulary Set #8

2. He was not a(n) _____ speaker, but he was a genius with numbers.

3. On a clear night, the Milky Way appears ____.

4. John knew the answer was in the text, but he just couldn’t _____ it out.

5. He was a _____ man who wasted few words.

6. Tenacity is the _____of a good student.

7. Her ____ jabbering began to grate on our nerves.

8. The _____ boy left for the war, but an exhausted man returned.

9. The large animal figures in the cave drawing depict _____ creatures.

10. Disagreements among board members created a _____ of the charitable organizations.

11. The boy tried to _____ his absence from school by saying he was sick.

12. The _____ old man always had the answers to moral questions.

13. When the electronics store manager
saw the _____ abuse of the game
system, he refused to grant a refund.

14. Stealing tips from tables was a _____ in Bill’s mind, but it was a major offence in the minds of the other waiters.

15. The _____ of the church bell told the town that Gertrude passed away.