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Quiz 3 (151-250)

Quiz 3 (151-250)

Question 1 of 25

1

annals

Select one of the following:

  • active enmity

  • lively

  • destroy

  • records; history

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

1

animus

Select one of the following:

  • records; history

  • critical remark

  • hostile feeling or intent

  • active enmity

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

1

anneal

Select one of the following:

  • hostile feeling or intent

  • reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling

  • acute pain; extreme suffering

  • sharp-cornered; stiff in manner

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

1

animadversion

Select one of the following:

  • lively

  • active enmity

  • critical remark

  • destroy

Explanation

Question 5 of 25

1

Despite his lawyers' best efforts to stop him, the angry prisoner continued to make ________________ remarks to
the judge.

Select one of the following:

  • annotate

  • anonymity

  • anoint

  • antagonistic

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

1

The prophet Samuel _____________ David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.

Select one of the following:

  • annul

  • anodyne

  • anoint

  • annuity

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

1

His pain was so great that no ___________ could relieve it.

Select one of the following:

  • anoint

  • anodyne

  • anomaly

  • annotate

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

1

He was placed in the ___________________ position of seeming to approve procedures that he despised.

Select one of the following:

  • annotate

  • anomaly

  • anomalous

  • antagonistic

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

1

The __________________ customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.

Select one of the following:

  • anticlimax

  • antediluvian

  • antiquated

  • anthropoid

Explanation

Question 10 of 25

1

His extreme _______________ to dispute caused him to avoid argumentative discussions with his friends.

Select one of the following:

  • antipathy

  • antithesis

  • antiquated

  • antiseptic

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

1

She is slim and shy - the very _____________ of her sister.

Select one of the following:

  • antipathy

  • antiseptic

  • anticlimax

  • antithesis

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

1

Oscar Wilde was famous for such __________________ as "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes".

Select one of the following:

  • aphorisms

  • apiary

  • aplomb

  • aphasia

Explanation

Question 13 of 25

1

He was crippled by an attack of _________________.

Select one of the following:

  • apogee

  • apothecary

  • apothegm

  • apoplexy

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

1

Because he switched from one party to another, his former friends shunned him as an __________________.

Select one of the following:

  • appal

  • apothegm

  • apostate

  • apogee

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

1

He was always able to find the apposite phrase, the correct expression for every occasion.

Select one of the following:

  • apposite

  • appraise

  • apprise

  • appreciate

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

1

When he was ______________ of the dangerous weather conditions, he decided to postpone his trip.

Select one of the following:

  • apprise

  • appraise

  • appease

  • apposite

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

1

of or like an eagle → aquiline

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

1

a natural ability or skill: → aptitude

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 25

1

a possession or piece of property that is considered to be a typical feature of a particular way of living: → appurtenances

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

1

acquire; take possession of for one's own use → appropriate

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 25

1

a typical example of something → ardour

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

1

hard; strenuous → archaic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

1

place where different varieties of trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited → arboretum

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

1

aria

Select one of the following:

  • a class of people who hold high social rank

  • charge in court; indict

  • a piece of music in an opera sung by one person

  • marshal; draw up in order

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

1

arraign

Select one of the following:

  • being in debt

  • charge in court; indict

  • fragrant

  • clothe; adorn

Explanation

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