Section: Verbal

5) Unable to ------ his wholehearted distaste for media events and unnecessary publicity, Dean Carlisle continued to make ------ comments throughout the entire ceremony.

1. control...garbled
2. disguise...caustic
3. express...vitriolic
4. conceal...effusive
5. maintain...copious

Because the Dean was not able to disguise his distaste for the P.R. barrage, he failed to stifle his caustic or sarcastically biting remarks about the event.