Lex syn 18
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English
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Peter was resolute without being ...: he held fast to his beliefs but avoided arguing about them with others
philanthropic
quarrelsome
litigious
polemical
Answer explanation
POLEMICAL: strongly critical/ attack/ controversial opinion
LITIGIOUS: unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes.
2.
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1 min • 1 pt
Instead of earning accolades, Galileo's discoveries earned him the (ENEMY) of the powerful Catholic Church
3.
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1 min • 1 pt
Galileo (USE) every piece of writing he could find about the new invention, then built much stronger telescopes and began to study the sky
Answer explanation
read sth carefully
4.
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1 min • 1 pt
To the church, Galileo's idea was (BLASPHEME) for saying that the universe did not rotate around the Earth
Answer explanation
considered offensive to God or religion
5.
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For the last 8 yrs of his life, Galileo (LANGUID) under house arrest, forbidden to leave his own home
Answer explanation
grow weak/ feeble
6.
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Church officials called the scientist a (HERESY) for saying that the uni did not rotate around the Earth
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Somehow or other, I let my children .... me into inviting seven of their best friends to sleep over on Friday night
obliterate
extol
indoctrinate
cajole
Answer explanation
CAJOLE so into: persuade (so) to do sth = sustained coaxing/ flattery
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