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Vocab 10 10th

Quiz by Mary Troxel

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    gist
    It will be helpful if you can state the _____ of his arguments in a few sentences.
    30s
  • Q2
    covert
    It is up to the courts to decide how far polic authorities may go in making use of _____ means of surveillance to catch criminals.
    30s
  • Q3
    gratuitous
    In view of the fact that I have been driving for many years without having a single accident, his advice on how to handle a car seemed entirely _____.
    30s
  • Q4
    invectives
    My opponent's last speech was filled with such wild charges, acrimonious language, and bitter _____ that I walked out of the room without even trying to reply.
    30s
  • Q5
    debonair
    His elegant appearance was matched by the _____ ease and polish of his manners.
    30s
  • Q6
    fortuitous
    Our meeting seemed at the time to be entirely _____, but I learned later that it was the result of a careful plan.
    30s
  • Q7
    equanimity
    We have seen her accept victory with grace; now can she face defeat with _____?
    30s
  • Q8
    accrue
    Think of the great advantages that will _____ for all of us if we can carry out a truly effective program to conserve and maintain our natural resources.
    30s
  • Q9
    procrastinates
    Anyone who _____ when the opportunity for all of us to make a very profitable deal presents itself is not going to be notably successful in the business world.
    30s
  • Q10
    recondite
    The kinds of books I enjoy reading range from light and airy comedies to _____ studies of social and philosophical problems.
    30s
  • Q11
    motley
    As the British writer W. S. Maugham once observed, human nature is a(n) _____ collection of strengths and weaknesses, foibles and follies.
    30s
  • Q12
    sedentary
    Daily exercise is recommended particularly for people whose occupations are, for the most part, _____.
    30s
  • Q13
    provocative
    Although their language was deliberately _____, I did not allow it to cause me to lose my self-control
    30s
  • Q14
    munificent
    The _____ gift of the Mellon family made it possible to set up the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
    30s
  • Q15
    reprobate
    No sooner had the incorrigible old _____ gotten out of jail than he returned to the wicked ways that had landed him there in the first place
    30s

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