Building a Better Vocabulary

1. Lindsay felt a thrill of _____ when the committee decided the
   case in her favor and against Jim; he had been her __ in the
   department for months.


2. A sense of __ was perhaps part of the __ of the
   Depression era.


3. Henry Kissinger might be characterized as the __ behind the
   foreign policy of Richard Nixon.


4. Steve is a lucky guy; his girlfriend is brilliant and could be Julia
   Roberts’s __.


5. Since his reelection by a very narrow margin, the senator had become a
   bit of a __, reluctant to take decisive action in Congress.

Review Questions