(v) reside in the country, become rural, follow a rural life

"We've bought a farm so that we can _______ during our vacation."

(v) twinkle, to sparkle, to be lively

"The Christmas tree ornaments _________ed like stars."

(adj) colorlessly correct, sober, decorous, serious

"She is such a ______ person that she would never think of going disco dancing."

(adj) snobbish, pompous, patronizing, haughty

"For all her ________ airs of superiority, she is an unhappy, insecure woman at heart."

(n) combination of parts into a whole

"For his notebook, the student made a __________ of what he had read and what the teacher said in class."

(v) move up and down, ripple

"The seaweed ________ing in the waves looked like a snake moving slowly through the water."

(adj) polite, refined, polished in manner

"He was witty, polished, ________; truly cosmopolitan in manner."

(v) lead a passive existence wihtout using mind or body

"He does nothing but sit home and ________, drawing his pension and chewing tobacco, mindlessly staring out the window."

(adj) marked by strong feeling or emotion

"Although he was found at the scene of the crime, he made a _________ denial of guilt, angrily insisting that he knew nothing about it."

(adj) mean, spiteful, revengeful

"Did Helen spread that lie about me just because I rebuked her?  I didn't know she was so _________."

(v) cancel, repeal, annul

"That law is not in effect anymore; it has been ________ed."

(v) salute, approach, and speak first

"I dislike being ________ed by strangers asking for donations to charity."

(v) settle, decide, adjudge

"Who will _________ their dispute, a friend or a lawyer?"

(v) help, make better, improve

"We must __________ the condition of those who live in slums, so that they will enjoy at least some semblance of the prosperous times."

(n) opposition or contrast of ideas

"Love is the _________ of hate."

(adj) curved, hawk-like

"An _________ nose makes a face look forceful."

(adj) kindly, gracious, of a mild kind, not malignant

"The doctor always greeted children with a ___________ smile."

(adj) mild, smooth, without color or distinction

"His manners were so _______, but somehow I did not trust him."

(n) hypocritical talk, insincerity, cliches

"His speech was so full of _______ that his educated listeners could not take him seriously."

(n) fanatical pride, contempt of another

"He boasts of his race not reasonably but with ____________."