501 Vocabulary Questions - English-Learners

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  1. If your roommate has no interest in developing his or her own
    intelligence, your roommate could be described as
    a. erudite.
    b.urbane.
    c. fatuous.
    d.maladroit.

  2. Someone who believes himself to be fabulously cultured and smart
    but in truth is really very commonplace could be described as a(n)
    a. maverick.
    b.sycophant.
    c. philistine.
    d.iconoclast.

  3. A man who opens doors for women and rises from his seat when a
    woman arrives at or leaves the table would be called
    a. genteel.
    b.urbane.
    c. feckless.
    d.maladroit.

  4. A woman who believes that women are superior to men is a(n)
    a. sycophant.
    b.chauvinist.
    c. philistine.
    d.iconoclast.

  5. Someone who works for a powerful leader and repeatedly offers
    the leader praise and flattery even when it is undeserved would be a
    a. sycophant.
    b.chauvinist.
    c. boor.
    d.philistine.

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