Vocabulary Quiz - Dec. 14th - 9.1

An article or item in a newspaper or magazine that treats a specific topic is called a:

• newspaper feature

• newspaper future

• newspaper paper

• newspaper capture

"To succumb" means:

• to approach or come together

• to send out or send away

• to die from the effect of a disease or injury

• to mark something for measurement

"Undue" in adjective used to describe something that is:

• lost or misplaced

• being sent away

• excessive or inappropriate because it is excessive

• late or taking place after the expected time

A synonym for "illness" is:

• ailment

• milady

• quatrain

• fervent

A synonym for "illness" is:

• moldering

• mica

• minky

• malady

Goods shipped or transported in bulk either by train or by trucks is called:

• lamprey

• freight

• muscatel

• mortadella

If you're reading a newspaper article and want to know who wrote it, you should look at what to find out?

• the byzantine

• the byline

• the beehive

• the beeline

How closely something resembles the actual historical reality that used to exist at a certain period of time is called:

• historical picturation

• historical piquancy

• historical accuracy

• historical potency

What is a "brakeman"?

• Someone who makes sure people aren't taking too long off of work

• Someone who cuts meat at a butcher's shop

• Someone in charge of operating the brakes on a train

• Someone who makes regular cuts in pieces of metal on an assembly line

The title at the top of a newspaper article that tells the reader what to expect to read in the article, but also helps to convince the reader to read the article is called a:

• hairline

• headline

• mainline

• chorusline