Vocabulary Quiz #3 (Unit 1)

"Horse trainers, horse owners, veterinarians and other people who spend time around horses usually find it

important to explain, and to reiterate, if necessary, the idea that the animals are not all alike." In this sentence, reiterate means:

• deny

• complicate

• repeat

• hear

"Horses with more fearful and shy natures

approach other horses, especially the leader of the herd, warily." Which of the following words could be used to

replace warily:

• imprudently

• recklessly

• heedlessly

• cautiously

"The kind of horse that is tentative around other

horses, for example, would be more submissive and therefore well-suited to an inexperienced rider." In this sentence, tentative means:

• uncertain

• confident

• fierce

• miserable

"A dominant, leader-type horse, on the other hand, would probably come across as stubborn and dour—and

therefore would not be a good match for a beginner." Dour is used to show that leader-type horses can seem:

• ill-humored

• genial

• passive

• frightened

The opposite of wretched is

• miserable

• poverty-stricken

• destitute

• opulent

If an expensive cooking oil has been blended with

a cheaper oil, it has been:

• adulterated

• purified

• improved

• inspected

Which of the following words might you use to

refer to a hint of spring?

• influx

• intimation

• arrival

• duration

A fan whose favorite team lost in the seventh

game of the World Series might feel:

• bereft

• joyful

• relieved

• content

Another word for unresponsive is:

• excitable

• stolid

• sensitive

• alert

Sailors who have been assigned to active duty on

an aircraft carrier have been:

• identified

• honored

• detained

• deployed