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Word of the
Day Exam
Directions: Fill in the blank in the
proper sentences using the word bank vocabulary.
appellation arcanum bilious circumlocution consigliere
culminate euphony
exonerate flack haptic
interloper jingoism kvell lout prodigy
replete surly tetchy usurp wormhole
1. We
used to call him "Danny," but he recently let us know
that he prefers the appellation
"Daniel."
2.
Critics kvelled over the violinist's triumphant return to the stage
where she had made
her debut many years ago.
3.
Katy could tell one kind of yarn from another purely by haptic clues.
4.
Mr. Harvey was notorious for his tendency to engage in endless circumlocution when
a simple, brief explanation would suffice.
5.
The poet chose words for the sake of euphony and
rhythm as well as rhyme.
6.
Musical audiences are fascinated by the prodigy,
that rare and remarkable youngster
who possesses technical mastery to rival
that of the best adult performers.
7.
The children were delighted to find that the costume trunk was replete with dresses,
hats, capes, and all sorts of props to play make-believe.
8.
Weeks of civil unrest culminated in a protest
march of over 25,000 people
in the capital square.
9.
Some science fiction writers speculate that wormholes
will become the intergalactic
highways of the future.
10.
Because the three louts behind him in the movie
theater were being loud and obnoxious,
Jonah decided to move to another seat.
11.
In her first managerial position, Hannah was hesitant to delegate critical
tasks for fear
that a subordinate might usurp her position.
12.
Vicki almost reported the surly cashier to the
store manager, but then decided
against doing so, telling herself that he was probably just having a bad day.
13.
Nico sensed that his sister was in a tetchy mood, so he decided to wait until
the next day to ask to borrow her car.
14.
The billionaire's former mistress has been in the tabloids and on the talk-show
circuit
as of late, flacking for her juicy tell-all.
15.
As he watched the startled doe and her fawn dart off into the woods,
Nelson felt like an interloper in the forest
world.
16.
Molly's bilious demeanor made her ill-suited for
a job in customer service,
and she was let go from the position after two weeks.
17.
Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism,
with its ultra-nationalistic
ideology and militaristic policy, so objectionable that he left his homeland in
1933, never to return.
18.
The author, a physicist, adeptly demystifies arcana of her field with lucid, accessible
prose.
19.
After years of being a consigliere
to the CEOs of Silicon Valley's top giants,
20.
Dwight was exonerated for the crime of taking
the money after it was found
that his fingerprints did not match those on the cashbox.