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complaisant
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eloquent
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habiliment
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In lieu of
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munificence
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ostentatiously
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retinue
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reverential
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snug
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Eloquent
(adjective) – eloquence (noun) – eloquently (adverb)
Munificent
(adjective) – munificence (noun) – munificently (adverb)
1. Although his words are culled with
the choicest art, yet they flow with rapidity and unparalleled _____.
2. Its instructively reiterated “Never”
will become, indeed, a blessing – not in disguise, but rather in guardian
angel’s _____.
3. Never, however formal your visit,
neglect to wipe your feet on the doormat, _____ the hall or stair carpet.
4. Having inherited immense wealth from
his father, and having been endowed by the _____ of the King with a number of
offices and benefices from which he derived large revenues, the Chancellor or
made a great display of splendor and wealth.
5. In 1159 he accompanied the King to
Toulouse, with a _____ of seven hundred knights and twelve hundred mounted men,
all of whom he equipped at his own expenses.
6. How warm and _____ it is here!
7. He supposed that Becket, as
Archbishop, would be as _____ and willing a tool to assist him in curtaining
the prerogatives of the Church and transferring them to the crown, as he had
been on a former occasion.
8. On the contrary, the new Archbishop
_____ chose the coarsest and plainest garments.
9. The passionate and almost _____
attachment with which all regarded her became my pride and my delight.
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