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Quiz on Last Month's Words

November / December 2015                               Volume 16  No. 6

Here are the words that were featured last month:

sub rosa

ecumenical

apex

interminable

sentient

indolent

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: indolent, indolence, and so on.

  1. This author is invited to present his communication seminars at a wide range of industry gatherings, including project management, dental, safety, security, and accounting because his ideas and techniques are . . . . . ..
  2. One of the reasons why I suddenly stopped eating meat was those . . . . . . videos of a few years ago that depicted extraordinary cruelty to animals in slaughterhouses.
  3. No wonder so little gets accomplished around here. Look at all the meetings and discussions that have been going on . . . . . . just to decide on a price for our software upgrade.
  4. It shouldn't take any . . . . . . adult more than a few minutes to perform this task. I wonder why they've allotted one full hour for it. Are we missing something?
  5. If it's okay with you, let's work on this problem now rather than after lunch when, thanks to a full belly, I'll be a bit . . . . . ..
  6. The other day, when a coworker said that he likes several of the current crop of presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, and Bernie Sanders, I couldn't help commenting: “Oh, that's really very . . . . . . of you!”
  7. Under Harry, productivity has risen big time! His leadership style has energized even the most . . . . . . of our employees.
  8. “Stuxnet” is the name of a highly pernicious computer worm that was at the heart of a successful . . . . . . attack in 2010 on Iran's nuclear program by the U.S. and Israel.

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Answers:

1. ecumenical    2. sub-rosa    3. interminably    4. sentient

5. indolent    6. ecumenical    7. indolent    8. sub-rosa

 

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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