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Quiz on Last Month's Words

April / May 2008                                  Volume 9  No. 3

Here are the words that were featured last month:

For each of the ten examples below, select a word from the above list that best fits the blank. Then check your answers at the end. Note that the correct answer could be any of the word forms that were featured -- example: stupefy, stupefying, stupefaction, and so on.

1. Some unscrupulous employers take advantage of the . . . . . of illegal immigrants from Mexico, and subject them to abysmal working conditions.
2. No, I'm not interested in the position of club president. I just don't have the time for something so demanding, so don't even try . . . . . me into accepting it. You'll be wasting your time if you do.
3. I wouldn't judge our recently retired CEO by comparing his accomplishments with those of his long-time predecessor, Bill. The two operated during entirely different business climates. Comparing one's successes or failures with those of the other is really . . . . ..
4. The only . . . . . feature of last week's tedious and dull business trip was a chance to visit a nearby resort located along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
5. I like our new manager's cheer and enthusiasm. What a contrast to her predecessor who was always . . . . ..
6. You are right! . . . . . is just the word for him. All along he was for more growth and development, and now he has suddenly done a one-eighty and embraced the "zero growth" movement.
7. The widely broadcast undercover video showing extraordinary animal cruelty at a California slaughterhouse where sick, crippled cattle were forced to stand by using electric prods, forklifts, and water hoses filled most Americans with . . . . ..
8. I was told to expect an audience of about 15 to 20 people for my workshop, so when I entered the room and saw that it was packed with well over 100 attendees, I was . . . . ..
9. I can appreciate Tom's . . . . . at sitting down in the same room with Jack's people who, I believe, treated Tom pretty unfairly while he worked there.
10. During yesterday's meeting, did you notice how Lauren was trying to suggest, in a very . . . . . , indirect sort of way, that we let her work from home three days a week?

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Give yourself one point for each correct answer.

A score of 10 = excellent; 8-9 = very good; 6-7 = not bad; 5 or less = you may want to revisit these words.

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