ELL 3 Vocabulary Quiz

bovine : dimwitted :: bombastic :

• dolt

• grandiose

• winnow

• ordinary

• landlocked

If I forebode that there will be a hurricane tomorrow, what do you think I should do to prepare? Answer in a complete sentence!

a. In what kind of city or town would you expect to visit a maritime museum?

b. What would you expect to see in a maritime museum?

Complete sentences!

I am meeting the leader of a powerful country. What is the most asinine thing I could do, in your opinion, when I meet him or her? Complete sentence!

Although the teacher's face was ___________________, on the inside she was boiling with rage!

At the job interview, 100 people applied for the position. After the first round of interviews, the doltish applicants had been __________________, leaving behind 25 sage applicants.

What would Ms. L say to you if you were SUPINE during our class?

The music's ___________________ chorus gave me goosebumps.

• Supine

• Asinine

• Sublime

• Spawn

My time spent in coronavirus quarantine_______________ a lot of creative ideas, and I was able to write a book in only 3 weeks!

• Winnowed

• Foreboded

• Spawned

• Ignored

In his speech, the ____________ politician made a lot of promises that sounded really amazing, but he ultimately accomplished nothing.