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Vocabulary Unit I Exercise Set III
- Should a talk show host be laconic?YN
- Is wearing a seat belt prudent?YN
- Should a politician be perspicacious?YN
- Is something innocuousharmful? Y N
- Is a beneficiaryone who gives? Y N
Write the word with the given meaning.
- to change form m____
- lacking substance v____
- even-temperedness e____
- commonplace p____
- overused h____
- sluggish p____
- resistant to authority r____
- disposed to complain q____
- rudely abrupt b____
- talkative g____
- a political split s____
- keenly perceptive p____
- with sound judgment j____
- to examine carefully s____
- keenness of judgment a____
- evasive speech c____
- short humorous story a____
- change one’s mind often v____
- able to change form p____
- feeling of weakness l____
Write the correct form of the italicized word.
- the state of feeling lethargic
____________________________________________- the quality of being pusillanimous
____________________________________________- having the quality of a euphemism
- the act of adjudicating
- the act of perjuring
Write the word with the given root.- beyond comprehension (scrut)
- existing at birth (con)
- kind-hearted (anim)
- to command solemnly (jur)
- speaking in a pompous manner (loqu)
- a praising tribute (eu)
- harmless (ben)
- inoffensive term substituted for an offensive
one (eu)
- to please (grat)
- expressive delivery of public speech (loqu)
- sphere of legal authority (jur)