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Quiz on Last Month's Words

January / February 2016                               Volume 17  No. 1

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: preternatural, preternaturally, and so on.

1. Since you are a budding novelist, I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine who, in my judgment, has a . . . . . . sense of what makes for a really successful novel--one that will simply fly off the shelves!
2. During yesterday's meeting, did you notice how Sheila was trying to suggest, in a very . . . . . ., indirect sort of way, that we let her work from home three days a week?
3. Joanne's departure will leave a big void. She's been the . . . . . . of our department. Her ability to anticipate problems--to see around corners, if you will--is simply extraordinary.
4. The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 5-4 decision favoring same-sex marriage in all 50 states drew strident . . . . . . from religious conservatives.
5. The widely broadcast undercover video of a few years ago showing extraordinary animal cruelty at a California slaughterhouse, where workers used electric prods, forklifts, and water hoses to force sick, crippled cattle to stand, filled most Americans with . . . . . ..
6. I believe any list of the . . . . . . talented architects of the 20th century should absolutely include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe.
7. I like our new manager's cheer and enthusiasm. What a contrast to her predecessor who was always . . . . . ..
8. Sure, Maya's achievement is extraordinary. I just hope all this company-wide . . . . . . won't go to her head.

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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.

Please let me know by e-mail or phone (281-463-2500) what you think about this quiz and how it can be improved.

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