Vocabulary Quiz 1.1

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The word “liberty” has a positive ________________________ to many, while the term “sinister” has a negative tone.

• denotation
• banal
• connotation
• coherent

Sons will often try to ___________________________ their fathers, imitating their posture and manner of speaking.

• banal
• emulate
• eschew
• invidious

The drill sergeant treated the new recruits in a(n) ______________________________ fashion by screaming in their faces, causing many to think that he hated them.

• banal
• emulate
• eschew
• invidious

If you look up the __________________________ of the word “meretricious” in the dictionary, you will see that you are using it in your sentence incorrectly.

• denotation
• connotation
• invidious
• banal

It is necessary to ________________________ junk food if you want to stay healthy.

• emulate
• eschew
• invidious
• banal

holding or sticking together; consistent; meaningful

• emulate
• eschew
• coherent
• banal

hackneyed; trite; commonplace; stale; insipid

• emulate
• eschew
• coherent
• banal

to work excessively; overwork

• belabor
• eschew
• coherent
• banal

focus on what the passage as a whole is about; main purpose

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