Practice Quiz

A pause or break could be referred to as a:

• recurrence

• termination

• sighting

• hiatus

A hurtful or offensive remark could cause:

• satisfaction

• replenishment

• umbrage

• amity

If the thought of watching a certain kind of movie or television show makes you feel weary and worn out, you might describe yourself as:

• jaded

• unbiased

• inspired

• energized

Which of the following is another word for relieve?

• assuage

• aggravate

• contemplate

• rescind

Which of the following is the opposite of disapproval?

• condemnation

• approbation

• scrutiny

• censure

A suggestion that is indirect might be called an:

• insult

• improvisation

• innuendo

• inkling

In sentence 3, hackneyed means:

• original

• exciting

• incomprehensible

• trite

Which of the following words could not be used to replace lurid (sentence 3)?

• ghastly

• gruesome

• wholesome

• grisly

In sentence 4, transcend is used to help show that Dickens’s work:

• rises above other best-selling works

• is as good as other best-selling works

• is more popular than other best-selling works

• is inferior to other best-selling works

Which of the following words could be used to replace unctuous (sentence 5)?

• sincere

• fawning

• gruff

• dismissive