Vocabulary

Eight singers took to the aisle, dancing with ferocious energy as the chorus sang, ULALATED and clapped in an exurberant, multisensory ode to joy

• A. wailed

• B. deceived

• C. sweetened

• D. contained

• E. obtained

A combat veteran himself, he could not believe the BALDERDASH he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all.

• A. entertainment

• B. nonsense

• C. accident

• D. interruption

• E. amusement

A PARSIMONIOUS woman who insists that charity begins—and ends—at home.

• A. quarrelsome

• B. resentful

• C. stingy

• D. wasteful

• E. dreadful

She paced about the room, as she is WONT to do whenever she is agitated.

• A. duty

• B. project

• C. choice

• D. habit

• E. decision

Questions about organization of the fund drive are my BAILIWICK.

• A. specialty

• B. reward

• C. cost

• D. weakness

• E. strength

The sportscaster's color commentary tends to be LACONIC but very much to the point.

• A. smart

• B. concise

• C. young

• D. involved

• E. wise

Her habit of using “like” in every sentence was just one of her IDIOSYNCRASIES.

• A. vulnerability

• B. capability

• C. peculiarity

• D. popularity

• E. necessity