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Quiz on Last Month's Words

September / October 2015                               Volume 16  No. 5

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: besmirch, besmirches, besmirching, and so on.

1. It's a hollow agreement--there is very little substance to it. I was present at the signing ceremony and quietly laughed when I heard the signatories making all those . . . . . statements, as if a new era was about to dawn.
2. The archaeopteryx, which lived during the late Jurassic period, was, . . . . ., the first ever bird.
3. Oh, so you're going to an Indian wedding tomorrow? First time? Well, you are in for a visual feast, especially because of the way Indian women dress for such occasions. Their intricately handwoven and brocaded saris, and elaborate jewelry—just gorgeous! You'll be swimming in a sea of . . . . ..
4. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as the first World Trade Center tower started to collapse, a . . . . . went through the millions of Americans who were watching the scene live on TV.
5. In recent months, Donald Trump has been an exemplar of . . . . ., the way he has lacerated any politician who has uttered an unkind word about the property developer. Even television hosts who have had the temerity to ask an inconvenient question have not escaped a Trumpian assault.
6. North Korea is the definition of an ever . . . . . nation, the way it keeps triggering military skirmishes with its southern neighbor, South Korea, and threatening the U.S. and its allies in the region.
7. Everyone here is keeping their fingers crossed, hoping that Linda's plan will work. It's the . . . . . salvation for our department. If it fails, we'll all be out of a job.
8. The moment Sarah was announced as the gold medal winner, her coach literally went into raptures and unending . . . . . that seemed so immature that even Sarah was embarrassed.

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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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