Wordly Wise Lesson 1

Which of the following might employ a pseudonym?

• a writer

• a Supreme Court Judge

• a president of a country

• a small business

Which of the following has resilience?

• a person

• a doormat

• a lawn

• a question

Which of the following can have a proprietor?

• a corner story

• a small child

• a small business

• a government agency

Which of the following can be pervasive?

• time

• silence

• fear

• a smell

Which of the following can be inaugurated?

• a president

• a delivery service

• a bad habit

• a promise

Which of the following can be evoked?

• a loose tooth

• a grudging response

• a happy memory

• a broken ski pole

Which of the following might suffer a rebuff?

• an announcement

• an attack

• a proposal

• a friendly gesture

In which of the following might there be turbulence?

• a relationship

• the air

• the ocean

• a lawn

I was greeted with a(n) ___"no" when I asked if I could help.

brusque or abrupt

If you like, you can ___ a card and take another from the top of the deck.

rebuff or reject