Match the person or thing in Column A with the action he, she, or it
might perform in Column B.
Read sentences 91–100 carefully. Choose the verb from the list below
that best completes each sentence.
- I can’t believe Charlie would try to ____ me in front of my
boss like that! - He thinks he can just ____ everyone he meets, but not
everyone falls for that kind of flattery. - His flagging spirits were ____(ed) by the news that a publisher
had accepted his manuscript.
abrogate
bolster
burnish
deprecate
forestall
immolate
inveigle
pique
stultify
truncated
Column A
81.slaveholder, to a slave
82.a rosebush in spring
83.a lawmaking authority, to its
constituents
84.a tornado or earthquake, to a
city
85.a car out of control
86.a mother, to a misbehaving
child
87.a ghost in a horror movie
88.a desperate political candidate,
against his opponent
89.a small-time swindler
90.a group of rebels, to a
government
Column B
beguile
burgeon
careen
decimate
fetter
fulminate
interdict
petrify
subvert
upbraid