Vocabulary Quiz (Words 21 - 40)

After the team won the championship, the players celebrated with a sense of _____, having bonded through hard work and shared experiences.

• camaraderie

• affront

• rhetoric

• euphemism

The teacher used a(n) _____ when he described the student's failure as "a minor setback," avoiding the harsh truth of his poor performance.

• menial

• analogy

• euphemism

• litany

Cleaning the gym after school was a _____ task, but someone had to do it.

• menial

• salient

• taciturn

• egregious

The coach made an _____ between winning the game and overcoming all obstacles in life, motivating the team to push harder.

• analogy

• niche

• curtail

• rhetoric

His _____ mistake in the presentation was so obvious that everyone in the room couldn't help but notice it.

• salient

• egregious

• taciturn

• unprecedented

When discussing the mystery of the ancient ruins, the most _____ detail was the strange symbols on the walls, which no one could explain.

• salient

• deleterious

• acrimonious

• litany

Due to the heavy rain, the coach had to _____ the outdoor practice session, much to the disappointment of the players.

• curtail

• culminate

• peddle

• affront

The detective specialized in a _____ area of crime, focusing on cyber fraud cases that no one else wanted to handle.

• niche

• rhetoric

• assiduous

• obscurity

All of their hard work and training seemed to _____ in the final, thrilling play of the game.

• curtail

• culminate

• peddle

• affront

His _____ skills as a speaker made it easy for him to sway crowds and win debates, even when his arguments weren’t always the strongest.

• rhetoric

• complicit

• taciturn

• assiduous