It is particularly _____ for citizens to fail to vote in national elections and then complain about the government
reprehensible
The records of the school board meeting on the proposed bond issue are so _____ that it would take me a week to read them.
voluminous
A person who charges from one political party to another on the basis of honest conviction should not be regarded as a(n) _____.
renegade
I didn't expect you to like my suggestion, but I was shocked by your bitter and _____ criticism of it.
vociferous
One of the signs of maturity is the ability to _____ the difference between things that are secondary and things that are truly important.
discern
Although our drill instructor was determined to follow the rules, he was by no means an overbearing _____.
marinet
The trunk of the car was so _____ that it held all of our skiing equipment as well as our other luggage.
commodious
We Americans are proud that each change of the national administration, far from being _____, is carried out in a peaceful and friendly manner.
turbulent
Who would not feel depressed on entering that _____ old courtroom, with its dim lighting and dark, massive furnishings?
somber
Confident that she could present the case effectively to a judge, the lawyer advised her client to _____ his right to a jury trial.
waive
The American writer Dorothy Parker was celebrated for her sharp tongue and _____ wit.
corrosive
In a natural history museum, we can see physical remains of many species of animals that are no longer _____.
extant
Getting a good education will do much to _____ the problem of finding a job that pays well.
obviate
Shakespeare tells us that "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is often _____ with their bones.
interred
Those accused of crimes are sometimes willing to _____ their accomplices in return for immunity from prosecution.
implicate
Let me say frankly that I _____ prejudice in anyone, even a member of my own family.
abhor
Are we justified in showing visitors only the most attractive and interesting sections of our cities, towns, or villages while keeping them away from the _____ neighborhoods where so many people live?
squalid
In our frantic search for the missing papers, we overturned everything in the room, leaving it in complete _____.
chaos
We are petitioning the council to _____ its procedures so that all citizens will have a chance to express their opinions.
amend
A person who has been _____ about by many dreadful misfortunes will either become stronger or suffer a complete breakdown.
buffeted