501 Vocabulary Questions - English-Learners

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  1. People were careful with what they said to Seymour, for his temper
    was likely to flare at the slightest provocation.
    a. eminent
    b.hapless
    c. volatile
    d.sublime

  2. Last year’s Woodson High School debate team could not be
    beaten, not even by its chief rival, the four-time state champions
    from Jacksonville High.
    a. indomitable
    b.refractory
    c. renowned
    d.implacable

  3. The composer’s new opera was so beautiful and majestic that it
    won the adoration of even the toughest critics.
    a. erratic
    b.obdurate
    c. inimitable
    d.sublime

  4. The child refused to listen to the babysitter and insisted that she
    would notgo to bed until her parents came home.
    a. indomitable
    b.refractory
    c. pragmatic
    d.volatile

  5. No matter what his parents said, the spoiled child would not stop
    crying because he did not get the gift he wanted.
    a. obdurate
    b.eminent
    c. implacable
    d.baleful

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