Vocabulary Builder Course 5

Lesson 17:

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


1.	Missy nervously began to read John’s _________ of her performance in the school musical.
		A)	critique
		B)	remonstrate


2.	She was embarrassed by his _______ but accurate comment about her singing off-key.
		A)	upbraid
		B)	acrimonious


3.	But she resented his ________ that she was ad-libbing in the last act.
		A)	innuendo
		B)	impeach


4.	After all the time Missy had spent memorizing her lines, she was furious with John for making such a(n) ___________ about her.
		A)	censure
		B)	aspersion


5.	She felt like paying him back by starting a rumor that would ___________ him.
		A)	defame
		B)	deride


6.	Instead she decided to _______ with him over his unfair criticism.
		A)	innuendo
		B)	remonstrate


7.	Missy arranged a face-to-face meeting with John, where she began to __________ him for his false insinuation.
		A)	upbraid
		B)	critique


8.	He snickered and dismissed her complaint with ________.
		A)	derision
		B)	acrimony


9.	But he became more polite after she threatened to ___________ him in a letter to the school newspaper.
		A)	censure
		B)	defame


10.	He knew that such a letter could _________ his credibility as a journalist.
		A)	aspersion
		B)	impeach