CP 12 Vocab Aug/Sept Quiz

Bringing up examples from the past is not ______________ to the present discussion.

• germane

• emulate

• insatiable

Most beginning writers try to ______________ a great writer and later develop their own individual style.

• insatiable

• eschew

• emulate

The young athletes promised the coach that they would train vigorously and ___________ bad habits.

• eschew

• intransigent

• belabor

Abraham Lincoln has the reputation of having a dour and __________________ personality

• intransigent

• temporize

• taciturn

Little will get accomplished if the legislators of both parties maintain their ________________ attitudes.

• temporize

• intransigent

• emulate

The new play's ____________dialogue made it seem more like a soap opera than a serious drama.

• belabored

• banal

• largesse

His tendency to ______________ the small points often made him miss the big picture.

• temporize

• belabor

• germane

The university was the fortunate beneficiary of the ______________ of many of its graduates.

• largesse

• substantiate

• emulate

The prospector was unable to _________________ his claim to the land where the gold was found.

• temporize

• belabor

• substantiate

For most of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, the protagonist Hamlet chooses to _____________ rather than act.

• substantiate

• temporize

• emulate