Advanced Vocabulary - Verb Usage 5

Verb Usage 5

To ___ her headache, Anna took some aspirin.

alleviate

squander

mitigate

jettison

I ___ed after the handsome movie star who would never be mine.

protract

vanquish

squander

languish

The silence was ___ed as the audience waited for the punch line.

languish

venerate

alleviate

protract

The lawyer's courtroom tactics were thought to be above ___ by the judge and the jury.

venerate

protract

vanquish

reproach

We often ___ an author who has written a best-selling novel.

squander

malinger

venerate

mitigate

The taxpayers gave billions away, only to have the company ___ it in a bonus to the CEO.

squander

malinger

reproach

jettison

The tyrant decided that he must ___ the rebels once and for all.

jettison

protract

venerate

vanquish

The ___ing students were sent back to school with a stern warning.

malinger

venerate

mitigate

protract

I ___ed the unnecessary items in my purse.

jettison

malinger

vanquish

venerate

The painkillers ___d my headache.

malinger

alleviate

venerate

reproach

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