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Quiz on Last Month's Words

May / June 2010                               Volume 11  No. 3

Here are the words that were featured last month:

For each of the eight 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: crystallize, crystallizing, uncrystallized, crystallization, and so on.

1. Whenever I do something out of the ordinary, such as making that comment during the CEO's presentation this morning, you ask if Brad had prompted me. So, let's be clear: I'm doing these things of my own accord. Yes, Brad is a mentor, but he is not my . . . . .!
2. It appears the insurgency in Iraq is now . . . . ., partly because of the killing or capture of the top al Qaeda leaders in that country.
3. As the victorious Duke of Wellington surveyed what had been the battlefield at Waterloo just hours earlier, and observed robbers inflicting indignities on the French officers and soldiers who lay dying or grievously wounded, he was moved to utter this anti-war . . . . .: "The only thing worse than victory is defeat."
4. There was a time when our monthly lunch-and-learn sessions were so popular that this large room used to be packed! Nowadays, we can barely attract twenty employees. For some reason, the whole idea of doing some serious learning during the lunch break has become . . . . ..
5. Holding a copy of his book "The Articulate Professional," this author told the audience: "This publication's most distinguishing quality is that the featured terms are not some . . . . . vocabulary words such as those appearing in a Spelling Bee contest, but the vivid and evocative words used by America's most articulate to impact their audiences."
6. At today's meeting, there was a heated discussion between Bill and Joe. Bill finally . . . . . the point, thanks to Joe presenting some indisputable facts.
7. Forget what I said last month. My ideas at that time were still half-baked and . . . . .. Now I see the issues much more clearly.
8. Presidential historians such as Doris Kearns Goodwin are able to recite some of the most . . . . . details about our past presidents at a moment's notice.

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Give yourself one point for each correct answer.

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

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