Quiz on Last Month's Words

January / February 2019                               Volume 20  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: subversive, subvert, subversion, and so on.

1. I’ll tell you why our company’s healthcare expenses haven’t come down as planned. The new reimbursement policy contains so many loopholes that several employees have been ........ its intention big-time.
2. The one thing that is missing from your presentations is executive presence. You need to inject some ........ into your posture.
3. There has been a growing ........ between the two Koreas ever since Moon Jae-in, a former human rights lawyer, became president of South Korea in May 2017.
4. One of the ........ of the #MeToo movement as this author sees it is this: All men who are in positions of authority and even those who do not necessarily have clout should consider it their moral responsibility to try and stamp out sexual harassment and sexual assault within their organizations.
5. During the final years of his life after leaving the White House, President Ulysses S. Grant had to endure great ........ because of bad investments.
6. During the meeting, one employee said to another: “Oh, I know who you are talking about. Just give me a moment and I’ll find her name--it’s in my phone. Hers is one of those Eastern European names that are ........ difficult to both spell and pronounce.”
7. In some of its promotional materials, a well-known news magazine claims: “For over 150 years, we have helped our readers weather global crises with unusual .........”
8. I’m afraid our public speaking club has absolutely no money to pay you. In fact, we are in such a ........ state, we ask that guest speakers bring their own water.

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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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