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Quiz on Last Month's Words

July / August 2015                               Volume 16  No. 4

Here are the words that were featured last month:

despoil

insouciant

surpassingly

illusory

doctrinal

inchoate

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: insouciant, insouciance, insouciantly, and so on.

  1. Did you see how recklessly that kid was driving? The . . . . . of youth, I suppose.
  2. According to news reports, ISIS--the so-called Islamic State--has been busy . . . . . the many precious archaeological sites in the Iraqi and Syrian areas under its control and earning over $100 million a year by trafficking in the plundered antiquities.
  3. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Clara for position of manager, even though she is very young and has been in her current job for less than a year. She is a fast learner and, perhaps most critical for succeeding in our work environment, a woman of . . . . . self-confidence.
  4. My views on the issue are still . . . . .. I need to spend more time analyzing the facts before I can deliver a convincing presentation.
  5. There was a report on NPR the other day saying that scientists still don't know the extent of the . . . . . in the Gulf caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of five years ago. For instance, according to experts who've been studying where all the oil went, several million gallons are still unaccounted for and, in all likelihood, have settled on the ocean floor.
  6. The democracies in Iraq and Tunisia are still . . . . ..
  7. I too am disappointed with Greg's performance as manager. I owe my . . . . . expectations of him to the fact that he resembles, in personality and style, someone I deeply admire--our executive vice president.
  8. Nicole and I have different points of view on just about everything--tax cuts; global warming; minimum wage; you name it. So, we have these . . . . . arguments all the time.

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Answers:

1. insouciance    2. despoiling    3. surpassing    4. inchoate

5. despoliation    6. inchoate    7. illusory    8. doctrinal

 

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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