Vocabulary Practice

Choose the correct meaning of each underlined proverb or adage.

Omar said, "Remember, slow and steady whins the race. Run a little each day, and soon you'll become a good runner."

• If you run slowly, you will win races.

• It is better to run slowly than to win a race.

• Slow workers have the most success.

• Patience and hard word bring success.

He is one tough cookie.

• He eats a lot of cookies
• He likes cookies
• He works hard

One way to begin an informal speech or an oral report is to quote an old _____.

• adage

• bonanza

• preclude

• vigil

Choose the sentence that uses the word correctly.

• Don't adage me.

• The old adage helped me decide.

• I believed the adage woman.

• It was very adage.

She was asked to ____________, or work together with other people.

• collaborate

• engage

• participate

• integrate

Which term means "to keep someone interested in something"?

• interact

• collaborate

• engage

• arrange

to turn back to a previous action or thought; to go back, in thought or speech; to give back

What are the benefits of student discourse?

an exchange of words, a conversation

• subterfuge

• refuge

• discourse

Which word is spelled incorrectly?

• rubble

• laggard

• jossle

• plaudits