220.
Juneod was ______ after his alibi proved that he could not have
committed the crime.
a. acquitted
b. protracted
c. derided
d. denounced
e. acquainted
221.
This summer’s movies are ______ for audiences of escape-the-heat
mindless entertainment—not one film offers a substantive or even
plausible plot.
a. privation
b. dulcet
c. jargon
d. fodder
e. germane
222.
The dictator used propaganda and intimidation to ______ the
revolution.
a. prelude
b. intimate
c. congregate
d. irradiate
e. quell
223.
Standing on the ______, the preacher greeted the parishioners
every Sunday morning.
a. steeple
b. pillar
c. parvis

b. A quip (n.) is a sarcastic or cutting jest; a witty remark.
204.
e. Tantalizing (adj.) means tempting, attractive, often via the
senses.
205.
e. Overwrought (adj.) means labored to excess; anxious, agitated.
206.
a. Stigma means a mark of infamy or token of disgrace.
207.
a. To haggle (v.) means to bargain, such as over a price, or dispute
in a petty way; to wrangle.
208.
e. To laud (v.) is to praise, honor, or glorify.
209.
e. To partake (v.) is to have a share or take part.
210.
b. To maraud (v.) is to rove and raid in quest of plunder.
211.
d. Acerbic (adj.) means sour or bitter in taste; sharp or biting in
tone, character, or expression.
212.
a. Frenetic (adj.) means wildly excited or agitated, frenzied, frantic.
213.
d. To quarantine (v.) means to restrict the entrance to and exit from
any place under observation for infectious disease.
214.
b. Toilsome (adj.) means laborious or hard work.
215.
b. To whet (v.) means to make more keen or eager.
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