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Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gossip--chat

• gossip
• chat

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Which of the following words is a synonym for frail, as used in the sentence “The boy appeared sickly and frail”?

• weak

• shy

• strong

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taking part in a war or fighting; ready to fight

• belligerent
• cantankerous
• enigma
• fastidious

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Martin Luther King, Jr. uses the image of “the valley” to represent

• justice
• bad times
• the future
• peace

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In 1815, French emperor Napoleon suffered a devastating defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, which would prove to be his final battle before he abdicated the throne.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Last night's playoff in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo. 

• A final defeat 
• A surprise win 
• A final win
• All of the above

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The "bulging thing"up on the mountain top was:

• only a frog

• on fire

• the reason the ship arrived

• none of these

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I carved

a massive cake of beeswax into bits

and rolled them in my hands until they softened -

no long task, for a burning heat came down

from Helios, lord of high noon. Going forward

I carried wax along the line, and laid it

thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb

amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast,

and took themselves to rowing.

• Skylla

• Sierenes

• Kirke

• Prowling Rocks/ Drifters

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Simile or metaphor?

That girl is as tough as nails.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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It's awful that she said that. She ______ said that.

• should have

• could have

• can't have

• shouldn't have

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Describing someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive (+)

• negative (–)

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