From the list below, supply the words needed to complete the paragraph. Some words will not be used.

sapient
idiosyncrasy
blanch
machination
pejorative
masochist
nubile
deride
heterogeneous
grandiose
raiment
finesse

sapient
pejorative
heterogeneous
​

idiosyncrasy
masochist
grandiose
​

blanch
nubile
raiment
​

machination
deride
finesse
​


Dr. Quade still wore the ______ of a maximum-security prison inmate when he entered an abandoned warehouse to evade the searchlights of police helicopters. Six years of living without sunlight in an underground cell had ______ the color of his face, and the beatings and ______ treatment that he received from guards had left him with a perpetual scowl. Now, he mused, he would be free to carry out the ______ that he had planned during his confinement, but not before using his criminal ______ to steal an automobile from the nearby parking garage. The garage contained a[n] ______ collection of automobiles, but the ______ Dr. Quade chose a very dull, plain car to hotwire; a[n] ______ car could draw unwanted attention that jeopardized the escape.

Even without keys, the mad genius was able to start the car in two minutes; however, he revealed a violent ______ by punching the dashboard when a light indicated that the car was low in fuel. The resulting cuts on his hands would have irritated a normal person, but not a[n] ______ like Dr. Quade. As he drove out of the garage, Dr. Quade allowed himself a chuckle as he ______ the system that had mistakenly thought it could keep him imprisoned.