Vocabulary Quiz

intended to deceive or entrap

• insidious

• dour

• verbatim

• bereft

wealthy, luxurious

• tentative

• bereft

• verbatim

• opulent

easily bent, flexible

• pliable

• verbatim

• ambidextrous

• dour

to restate

• gape

• augment

• reiterate

• adulterate

a hint, indirect suggestion

• fortitude

• intimation

• gibe

• guise

The mail carrier eyed the Doberman _____ because he knew from experience that if the dog were not dealt with cautiously, the result might be a nasty bite.

• warily

• ambidextrously

• dourly

• verbatim

In support of her thesis, the student quoted _____ a short passage from the novel.

• insidiously

• verbatim

• warily

• opulently

One twin always looks as if he’s just showered and dressed; the other is so _____ that he looks as if he’s slept in his clothes.

• unkempt

• opulent

• bereft

• stolid

Our plans to paint the outside of the house on Saturday were _____ because the forecast, a chance of rain, was not good.

• tentative

• verbatim

• ambidextrous

• dour

One of the characters in the play is a(n) _____ guy, the kind of person who is not easily moved by excitement, trouble, or guilt.

• unkempt

• tentative

• stolid

• ambidextrous