Sentence Completion
Acting in the high school play served to ______ Ander’s appetite for professional acting.
satiate
whet
purport
incriminate
corral
whet
To whet (v.) means to make more keen or eager. 80 501 Sentence Completion Questions 81
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B. darken
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