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Challenge yourself with a vocabulary quiz that expands your word knowledge. Answer questions correctly to learn new words and meanings. Improve your language skills while having fun!
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Enrich Your Word Power By Callie Hammond
Instructions • Read the question • Click on the answer • Don’t click anywhere else or it may go to the wrong slide.
Question 1 Rebuttal Noun • A. Suggestion • B. Rebuke • C. Unkind refusal • D. Opposing argument
Question 1 AnswerCorrect! D: An opposing argument; as, “He offered the mildest of the many possible rebuttals.” Old French rebutter (to thrust back, push) Next Question
Question 2 Interpolate Verb A. To clarify B. Investigate C. Reverse D. Insert
Question 2 AnswerCorrect! D. To insert new material that may distort a text; mathematically, to estimate a missing value. Latin interpolare (to polish, corrupt). Next Question
Question 2 Teleological (teel ee ah LODGE ih k’l) Adjective -Related to the studies of - A. Ultimate purposes B. Analytical procedures C. Communication D. Historic events
Question 2 AnswerCorrect! A. Related to the study of ultimate purposes in natural phenomena; as, The teleological question, what is the meaning of life? Greek telos (end) and –logy (study of) Next Question
Question 3 Superlative Adjective A. Supreme B. Powerful C. Legendary D. Necessary
Question 3 AnswerCorrect! A: Supreme; of outstanding quality. Latin superlatus (exaggerated). Next Question
Question 4 Vantage Noun A. Competitive superiority B. Pride C. Cutting edge D. Turning point
Question 4 AnswerCorrect! A: Competitive superiority; position giving a broad perspective; as, the vantage that comes from experience. Old French avantage Next Question
Question 5 Truism Noun A. Guess B. Questionable statement C. Discovery D. Obvious truth
Question 5 AnswerCorrect! D: Obvious, self-evident truth; as, “It became an instant truism that science meant power.” Old English treowth next
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