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Quiz on Last Month's Words

March / April 2016                               Volume 17  No. 2

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: stupefaction, stupefied, stupefying, and so on.

1. I was told to expect an audience of about 15 to 20 people, so when I entered the room and saw that it was packed with well over 100 attendees, I was . . . . . ..
2. I, too, have a comment about the management’s new marketing strategy, which all of you on the panel have called a mistake. I’m afraid I’m much less charitable. In my view, the strategy is . . . . . . dumb!
3. I’m afraid Michael’s presentation assumes a pretty . . . . . . future, and I for one don’t buy it at all. In my judgment, his vision is quite unrealistic.
4. I’ve always seen our young CEO dressed in a dark suit and flashy tie, looking really dapper. So, today, when he visited the construction site in a tee-shirt and jeans, he looked sort of . . . . . .!
5. Speaking about “The Articulate Professional (3rd edition),” this author said: “Because many of the featured words are so vivid and evocative, the book will help you inject some . . . . . . into your key communications, and thus affect and stir your audience more than you would otherwise.”
6. The principal characters in animated feature films sometimes have the . . . . . . voices of A-list Hollywood actors and actresses.
7. Sometimes, when waiting for a table at a busy restaurant, I try to get a peep at the kitchen. It’s always fun to see the . . . . . . with which a chef goes about his myriad simultaneous tasks.
8. For millions of Americans, socialism is a dirty word, synonymous with an economic system that results in . . . . . . and low productivity.

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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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