Words of the Day (Jul 2021) - quiz B

________ the fans' chagrin, the concert was postponed again.

1. For
2. Of
3. Thanks to
4. To

We got up at the ________ of dawn and started the long walk to Merced Lake.

1. crack
2. crash
3. flash
4. strike

With some ________ you can turn this house into your dream home.

1. CEO
2. DUI
3. MIA
4. TLC

Are you seriously contemplating ________?

1. about moving
2. divorce
3. that you're too fat
4. your husband

Stop ________ excuses and start making changes in your life.

1. do
2. making
3. saying
4. taking

Turn left at the ________ and go up the hill.

1. amber
2. lights
3. semaphores
4. traffic

He has a ________ temper which is one of the reasons he often lands in trouble.

1. big
2. fast
3. hard
4. short

I haven't had a halfway ________ night's sleep since the twins were born.

1. ---
2. appropriate
3. decent
4. lenient

His hand appeared almost white against her ________ skin.

1. sunbasked
2. sunbathed
3. sunshaded
4. suntanned

I never liked my wife's ex-husband. He always came off as ________, arrogant and conceited.

1. daunting
2. haughty
3. haunting
4. naughty