Vocab Group Three

If your opinion is discredited...

• you were able to persuade an audience

• you have lost your credibility

• everyone believe your opinion

• your opinion is subjective

Which of the following is most likely to be described as enervating?

• a two-hour soccer practice

• a nap

• an open-note test

• a train ride

If my feeling of sadness was ephemeral...

• it lasted for over a week

• it must have been caused by something truly dreadful

• it didn't last very long

• I was very irritated

Extenuating circumstances might...

• allow someone to better empathize with my decisions because I had a good reason for my actions

• make me look more guilty

• free me from any consequences of my behavior whatsoever

• entirely justify my choices

If I regard someone with disdain...

• I have the utmost respect for that person

• I am looking in a condescending way at them

• I am embarassed

• I find that person's actions exemplary

If something is exemplary, it might earn my...

• adulation

• benevolence

• censure

• exasperation

An argument would NOT be enhanced by...

• emulation

• a digression

• a clever anecdote

• evidence that is NOT anachronistic

Florid can mean...

• not very fancy or red-faced

• very fancy or pale

• very fancy or red-cheeked

• ugly or exhausted

If two roads diverge...

• they come together

• they twist and turn a lot

• they are a roundabout way to get somewhere

• they go in opposite directions

If I am feeling exasperated with you...

• I have empathy for you

• I am pleased with you

• I am rather irritated by you

• I think you are excellent