My Daily Vocabulary

 Fill the gaps with suitable words.

adamant

alleviate

confide (in)

dire

don

graft

offal

on-ramp

pertinent

shove

skid (mark)

square

smattering

wince

* words in bold are of high-frequency

1. We'll look at doing some skin ____ at a later date, but hopefully Miss Chloe will be out of here soon.

2. The Battalion had a few older men, veterans of the Great War, but most of the soldiers were working-class boys without even the Officer Training Corps experience that Bernie and the ___ of other public -  school men possessed.

3. But the Russian was ____, his face set.

4. Put the garlic on top of the ___.

5. Meg ___ at the panicked tone of Jan's voice, abandoned her breakfast and stood.

6. To her relief, Cam quickly ____ his coat.

7. Panic froze Meg's veins as she navigated the short drive to the Stevenses' home, outlining Harold's ___ medical history for Cam.

8. He'd often ____ in Meg that he hated hospitals.

9. It was only a few hundred yards from the ___ to the interstate.

10. The black ____ suggested the driver had tried to make a sudden stop.

11. His prognosis was ___.

12. Cam ___ his fingers through his hair.

13. The disease has obviously advanced since he last saw the respiratory specialist, but there are things that could be done to ___ his current symptoms.

14. She ____ her shoulders.

Key:1. grafts;2. smattering; 3.adamant;4. offal; 5. wince; 6. donned; 7. pertinent; 8. confided; 9. on-ramp; 10. skid marks; 11. dire; 12. shoved; 13. alleviate; 14. squared.