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Your uncle wouldn’t even part with a dime to help the kids pay for their trip. That’s just one more example of his penurious ways. In contrast, many people who have much less money have donated a great deal to the cause. What does “penurious” mean?

• very old
• very wealthy
• very humorous
• very stingy

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What is a synonym for pretty?

• beautiful
• ugly
• quiet
• silly

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Listen carefully. I´m going to give you .... advice.

• few
• a few
• little
• a little

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What is "Ogbu-agali-odu"?

• A common African food.
• An evil essence.
• A common African greeting.
• The God of the moon.

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crowded closely together

• dense

• envious

• feud

• fractured

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Which word means preserved the body so it would not decay?

• embalmed

• pharaoh

• archaeologist

• Egyptology

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A synonym for predominantly is _____________.

• mostly

• mainly

• few

• often

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What is an adjective?

• a word that modifies (describes) a verb

• a word that modifies (describes) a noun in a sentence

• a word that modifies (describes) a sentence

• a word that modifies (describes) descriptive words

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Plump; obese; pudgy

• corpulent

• cordial

• contiguous

• languid

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cut

• mengiris

• mencincang

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