Quiz on Last Month's Words

May / June 2018                               Volume 19  No. 3

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: doleful, dolefully, and so on.

1. I’ve been wondering why he showed such ........ in helping me, considering we had never even met before. Maybe he knows that my brother is chief of staff to the mayor.
2. One of the recent developments in Washington D.C. that has utterly disgusted this author is the emergence of a handful of Congressmen who have launched a despicable campaign to tarnish the FBI and the DOJ because such actions serve their political ambitions. It would not be an exaggeration to describe these few men, all of whom hold leadership positions in the House and whose actions are causing great harm to our national security, as political .........
3. Following the governor’s orders, that bureaucratic state agency has been acting with uncharacteristic ........ to help those hurt in an insurance scam.
4. The latest sales figures are terrible. I expect the CEO to call an emergency meeting as soon as he learns about these ........ numbers.
5. The 2004 trial of homemaking diva Martha Stewart revealed that she can be quite ........ in real life, such as when she got angry with her stockbroker over the type of background music being played on the phone while she was on hold.
6. During last week’s conference in Las Vegas, it was a common sight to see participants meeting in small ........ in the hallways during the breaks to thrash out critical issues.
7. Our office environment has been markedly different ever since we got a new boss, Kara, who is sort of cold and aloof. I really miss the ........ we enjoyed when Marilyn was manager.
8. Our manager Helen’s been complaining about one thing or another all morning. Frankly, it’s the first time I’m getting to see her ........ side.

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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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