Vocab Quiz #4!

Question 1

A circuitous route is a

Accepted Answer

roundabout

Question 2

Narrow is to congested as spacious is to

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capacious

Question 3

Being that he's an expert on birds, he gave me a very ____ explanation about their migration patterns

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cerebral

Question 4

Candid and candor are similar, both words involve insincerity

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False

Question 5

Caustic can be expressed as both...

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capable of burning and sarcastic

Question 6

Security vehicles multiplied across town and the usual caravan of street-snack sellers have mysteriously disappeared

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cavalcade

Question 7

They are constantly carping about the services the hotel provides

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making negative remarks and complaining

Question 8

The professor adopted a censorious attitude towards the student's unconventional essay.

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he expressed disapproval for their work

Question 9

It wouldn't be in your best interest to work with such lethargy, you should move with

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celerity

Question 10

It made him very unhappy and more chary in future of confiding his plans to his friends

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He is very careful with his words now

Question 11

Of all the urgent tasks to attend to, the caucus was of highest importance.

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meeting of members in order to select a candidate for office

Question 12

The manager chose to castigate the employee in front of the entire team for their failure to meet the project deadline

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he reprimanded the employee by criticizing him

Question 13

Quit dancing around the subject and get to the point!

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circumlocution

Question 14

It's difficult to get things done when being constantly criticized for minor mistakes

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censured

Question 15

Her chicanery is bewildering, I don't believe I've ever met someone like her

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her deceptiveness

Question 16

A cartographer is someone who makes charts

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True

Question 17

To be cantankerous is to be ...

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irritable

Question 18

Choleric : Cantankerous

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True

Question 19

They finally freed themselves, putting their tired minds to rest

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this is catharsis

Question 20

Carping is an extensive fishing skill of the common fish species: carp

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

To surrender is to capitulate

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Certitude is ...

Accepted Answer

confidence

Question 23

To be overly unrealistic and whimsical is to be

Accepted Answer

chimerical

Vocab Quiz #4!

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Vocab Quiz #4!

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