Vocabulary 3.1 Quiz

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An _ seems to live on air and water alone.

epiphyte, ambient, epithet

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When the _ light is low, photographers use a flash.

epiphyte, ambient, epithet

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She felt _ about the invitation and couldn't decide whether to accept or decline.

ephemeral, ambient, ambivalent

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Is any _ inscribed on Grant's Tomb?

epitaph, amphitheater, ephemeral

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Andrew Jackson's _, describing his lean toughness, was "Old Hickory."

ambiguous, ephemeral, epithet

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The politician's _ answer confused the entire audience.

ambiguous, amphitheater, ephemeral

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Spring and all its blossoms are _, here but a moment and then gone.

ephemeral, ambiguous, ambient

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On New Year's Day, the _ becomes the place for one of college football's great games.

epithet, amphitheater, epiphyte

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ambivalent

• having more than one meaning

• surrounding

• wavering

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epithet

• descriptive nickname

• short lived

• plant growing on another plant