ENG III Lesson 1 Terms

Which of the following might be a good legacy to leave?

• stale doughnuts

• a dilapidated shack

• antique coins

• Thousands of dollars of credit card debt

Which of the following might be considered a foible?

• Being persistently late

• Saving for a home

• Studying for a vocabulary quiz

• Being honest and trustworthy

Sam was so adroit at football that ___

• he didn't make the team

• he sat the bench every game

• he was made MVP

• he broke his toe getting water

A fugitive flower would be one that __

• blooms brilliantly

• dies quickly

• is given away

• is extremely rare

If you show yourself to always be kind, one might say you ___ it.

• stark

• nuance

• keen

• embody

Sometimes when you're really hungry, your stomach will growl ___.

• irrepressibly

• adroitly

• with legacy

• in nuance

Her ___ mind quickly picked up that there was something wrong.

• nuance

• irrepressible

• foible

• keen

True or False: An adroit person might be good to hire for a job.

• True

• False

The Sahara Desert has a landscape often considered too __ to live.

• adroit

• stark

• repertoire

• fugitive

If you cannot hold back an emotion, it may be considered __.

• irrepressible

• adroit

• stark

• fugitive