501 Vocabulary Questions - English-Learners
To castigatemeans to inflict a severe punishment on; to chastise severely. Castigateimplies a harsher punishment than chastise, ...
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Have you ever been offended by a booror charmed by someone with a very genteelnature? The 20 words in this chapter describe many ...
Word List boor(boor) n.a crude, offensive, ill-mannered person. Seeing Chuck wipe his mouth with his sleeve, Maribel realized sh ...
maverick(mav·e ̆r·ik) n.rebel, nonconformist; one who acts independently. Madonna has always been a maverick in the music indus ...
For numbers 121–130, read the following sentences carefully. Decide which answer best describes the italicized vocabulary word a ...
A maladroitjuggler would likely a. be able to juggle ten or more balls at a time. b.drop the balls as frequently as he caught t ...
For numbers 131–140, read the following sentences carefully. Decide which vocabulary word best matches the character described i ...
If your roommate has no interest in developing his or her own intelligence, your roommate could be described as a. erudite. b.u ...
Answers a. A booris a crude and offensive person; someone who is ill- mannered. c. A rogueis a dishonest, unprincipled person. ...
a. To be genteelis to be elegantly polite, well-bred, and refined. b.A chauvinistis a person who believes in the superiority of ...
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Do dulcetor mellifluoussounds please you? Or would you prefer to listen to music that is banalor pedestrian? This is the second ...
Word List aberration(a ̆b·e ̆·ray·sho ̆n) n.deviation from what is normal; distortion. His new scientific theory was deemed an ...
ostensible(o·sten·s ̆·be ̆l) adj.seeming, appearing as such, put forward (as of a reason) but not necessarily so; pretended. T ...
Crossword Puzzle Directions In this puzzle, there is one clue for each set of synonyms, so each clue is offered twice. Read the ...
ACROSS commonplace, trite, uninteresting (paired with 156 across) a representative or perfect example (paired with 157 down) no ...
Answers The following words are word pairs: aberration, anomaly dulcet, mellifluous impudent, insolent august, venerable assiduo ...
Down Something ostensibleseems one way but is not necessarily so; pretended or purported.(Ostensibleis an adjective; purportis ...
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