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Quiz on Last Month's Words

November / December 2014                               Volume 15  No. 6

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: rumination, ruminate, ruminating, and so on.

1. Did you notice how often she uttered the word “essentially”? Sometimes two to three times in a single sentence! It . . . . . her entire presentation.
2. During the September, 2013, deluge in Boulder, Co., tiny, . . . . . streams rose malevolently, terrifying citizens.
3. All these speaking offers Jim has been making to schools and colleges in this city are out of a sense of duty and responsibility--it's because he cares intensely about the future of our society. I know Jim extremely well and can vouch that in regards to this particular initiative of his, . . . . . is the furthest thing from his mind.
4. To foil the next crime by an elusive and dangerous criminal, an FBI unit is doing a . . . . . on his state of mind, i.e., trying to get inside his head.
5. The platypus--a . . . . . mammal--has a duck-billed snout, a broad flat tail, webbed feet with venomous spurs, and lays eggs.
6. In my 20-plus years here, I've seen numerous crises, all of which have fallen into one of three categories: product defects, inability to meet demand spikes, and a key vendor suddenly “shutting down.” But this present one is unlike anything we've experienced or even heard of before. It's . . . . ..
7. With regard to the war in Iraq, one question continues to be asked in some quarters: Was the decision to invade that nation in 2003 partly driven by corporate . . . . . because of the huge profits that lie in the manufacture and sale of weaponry to the Pentagon?
8. Let's delay the discussion on investment alternatives by a day so that Joe can attend too. I think it's vital we get his input. Several of his past suggestions greatly impacted our bottom line. As I've often said, Joe's ideas have “. . . . .” power.

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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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