1) Be nice, ___, smile and nod a) congenial b) tinge c) succinct d) crunch 2) The rumors are ___ and completely untrue a) skewers b) libelous c) wispy d) ostensibly 3) The jilted girlfriend wants to ___ her ex by telling everyone hes has lice a) malign b) succinct c) plaintiff d) skewered 4) We all know how rumors spread so I'd appreciate your ___  a) scintilla b) prongs c) pliant d) discretion 5) But with all due respect, I humbly ___ (disagree) a) fiend b) dissent c) panhandle d) unkempt 6) His humor ran the ___ from puns to physical comedy a) debacle b) bankrolls c) limber d) gamut 7) To avoid collision, he ___ (veered off) suddenly a) swerved b) thread c) frayed d) trough 8) If you see a ___ in the ice, head back to the car  a) fever b) fray c) fissure d) scintilla 9) Iron ___ is a type of extractive metallurgy a) wispy b) cornucopia c) flustered d) smelting 10) Ballet dancers, it goes without saying, are ___ a) plunge b) wacky c) limber d) teeming 11) In order to survive the recession, the company had to be ___ and adjust to the new conditions a) crunch b) panhandle c) pliant d) paraphernalia 12) He keeps coming ___ to get his daily latte but in fact he's a spy a) thread b) wacky c) ostensibly d) cornucopia 13) Not to alarm anybody but the castle is under ___  a) siege b) inopportune c) cushy d) eschew 14) You can't block the ___ entrance with your car a) hiatus b) whittled c) dissent d) freight 15) Sales have gradually ___ off  a) frayed b) malfeasance c) tapered d) innocuous 16) You take the fork to pierce the kernels with the ___ a) prongs b) gurney c) scintilla d) bankrolls 17) 90s girls are innately drawn to blonde guys in ___ vampire blouses a) billowy b) prongs c) fumble d) abject 18) But for the brief interview I had to come up with a ___ version of the story a) prongs b) succinct c) swerved d) chiseled 19) The ___ editing made it almost imposible to watch a) gurney b) frantic c) unkempt d) dissent 20) Advertisers hope their commercials will be an ___ to buy the product a) uppity b) thread c) impetus d) gurney 21) And they always end up crying about something ___  a) fever b) gamut c) swerved d) innocuous 22) A sense of doomerism ___ through everything a) skewers b) chiseled c) straits d) permeating 23) A gallant knight ___ a sword or a skillful chef ___ a whisk a) wacky b) straits c) unkempt d) wielding 24) Standing on the diving board, you are poised to take the ___ a) wispy b) whittled c) plunge d) uppity 25) The teacher decided to stay out of the ___  a) frantic b) fray c) smelting d) fever 26) Overtime, hand-knit mittens become ___ around the cuffs a) tapered b) abject c) whittled d) frayed 27) I'm a minimalist but a ___bare lifestyle isn't for me a) thread b) tapered c) succinct d) flustered 28) I wanted something different and I'm on a time ___  a) untethered b) crunch c) spellbound d) slant 29) No idea why got so offended and started ___ at me a) cushy b) eschew c) bickering d) wacky 30) Grocery shopping have gradually become ___ from the natural cycles of the earth a) gurney b) untethered c) uppity d) bankrolls 31) He was so ___ by the movie, the world seemed to stand still a) straits b) wispy c) enthralled d) congenial 32) A great public speaker can hold the audience ___ a) spellbound b) gurney c) skewers d) discretion 33) ___ the best speaking voice ever is that of Rachel McAdams a) libelous b) unequivocally c) congenial d) plaintiff 34) She got up at the most ___ time a) slant b) inopportune c) paraphernalia d) debacle 35) A world that is ___ with sweat and dirt and life a) ostensibly b) teeming c) discretion d) tapered 36) Dad got him a ___ job, paid for his ___ life a) eschew b) chiseled c) whittled d) cushy 37) If you ___ at the mention of veganism or even outright hate vegans a) frantic b) bankrolls c) bristle d) swerved 38) I rolled out of bed with ___ hair, looking like a total dirtbag a) calamity b) abject c) cornucopia d) unkempt 39) To not get ___ in the moment, use these comebacks  a) gamut b) bickering c) panhandle d) flustered 40) My armpit hair was not gentle and ___ and blonde, it was gnarly a) impetus b) gurney c) wispy d) gamut 41) I used to have a crush on Pam and now I don't. ___. a) untethered b) riveting c) unkempt d) succinct 42) I can use Oscar's ___ to establish leverage  a) thread b) malfeasance c) wispy d) wacky 43) I am a karaoke ___! a) gander b) behest c) fiend d) bristle 44) Here's a few phrases that should ___ even the most persistent commenters a) frantic b) inopportune c) riveting d) rebuff 45) She went back to the streets to___ for money a) bristle b) panhandle c) inopportune d) permeating 46) The fans were at ___ pitch as she walked onto the stage a) abject b) tapered c) swarms d) fever 47) They've got ___ evidence that it was you who started the fight  a) malign b) tinge c) ample d) unequivocally 48) The ___ accused the defendant of certain wrongdoing  a) swarms b) plaintiff c) whittled d) enthralled 49) The festival offers a ___ of pleasures a) smelting b) nefarious c) teeming d) cornucopia 50) I was minding my own business and decided to take a little ___ at my YouTube homepage  a) fray b) gander c) whittled d) bickering 51) He gandered at the shelves filled with coffee ___  a) paraphernalia b) enthralled c) whittled d) slanted 52) I'll call security so no one ___ for your autograph  a) riveting b) tinge c) swarms d) gamut 53) But if one of them gets pregnant, it's a whole ___ a) debacle b) straits c) panhandle d) malfeasance 54) An old photo might make you feel a ___ of sadness a) tinge b) cushy c) succinct d) untethered 55) Throw it in the ___ in the pig sty. a) impetus b) skewered c) trough d) behest 56) It takes a toll… I'm ___ and pretty much burnt out  a) frazzled b) dissent c) whittled d) spellbound 57) Amazon ___ productions and promotes them under the Amazon brand a) libelous b) bankrolls c) ostensibly d) congenial 58) They bankroll a trumped-up hearing at the ___ of the gun lobby  a) plunge b) behest c) shriek d) fissure 59) As someone living in India where I see ___ poverty on the daily, I think your call was kind a) abject b) preemptive c) crunch d) behest 60) Lots of ___ vegans in here a) slanted b) uppity c) plunge d) smelting 61) I ___ the mushrooms and tossed them on the grill a) skewered b) swarms c) slanted d) prongs 62) This opinion piece in the newspaper really ___ the President a) paraphernalia b) skewers c) flustered d) gurney 63) She was ready, snatched and perfectly ___. a) frantic b) gurney c) ample d) chiseled 64) A common response to finding a snake curled in the junk drawer would be a ___ a) dissent b) debacle c) ostensibly d) shriek 65) There wasn't even a ___ of evidence to support their story a) ostensibly b) wispy c) scintilla d) billowy 66) Ending her 11 year acting ___ with a Netflix film a) fiend b) slanted c) nefarious d) hiatus 67) From calm to ___: a video of her breakdown at work went viral  a) nefarious b) plunge c) calamity d) crunch 68) If you don't study for your test, you'll find yourself in dire/desperate ___ a) bankrolls b) succinct c) straits d) teeming 69) They were equipped with a wheelchair, a stretcher, and a ___ a) fray b) gurney c) enthralled d) chiseled 70) You live a bohemian life in the city and ___ the suburbs a) hiatus b) billowy c) eschew d) smelting 71) Not sick, just asking for ___ immune boosting solutions a) thread b) preemptive c) ostensibly d) eschew 72) Goofy, silly, nutty, ___ uncle Phil Dunphy a) wielding b) wacky c) fissure d) ostensibly 73) Football players know the agony of the ___ when you mishandle the ball and mess up  a) calamity b) ostensibly c) fumble d) enthralled 74) Dwight's cousin ___ a naked lady figurine. a) whittled b) flustered c) frazzled d) cushy 75) Superman is always fighting evildoers and stopping their ___ plots a) fever b) nefarious c) gander d) untethered 76) Many streets in San Francisco are so steep that they ___ dramatically upward  a) fissure b) slant c) gamut d) straits 77) Contestants try and serve food but the floor is ___ a) ample b) slanted c) smelting d) wacky

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