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I am going to take the high road and fervently believe
that everyone is entitled to my opinion and you will benefit
from testing your vocabulary skills versus the words that I
use in my opinion articles.
So, believing that my reading audience is of sufficient
acumen to discern the difference between water and ice, I
have concocted the below vocab test to assure you that you
are doing fine and need not seek out auxiliary sources of
understanding regarding certain words.
So, if you correctly answer 14 of the below 20 words,
you qualify to continue reading my opinions. Again, do not
cheat by having a dictionary present!
Blatant:
(a) obvious and apparent (b) refers to the mixing of
martinis (c) a glass tube used in testing for the presence
of zinc.
Martinet:
(a) a small fur-like animal in Nepal (b) strict
disciplinarian (c) a brass instrument used in stringed
quartets.
Overweening:
(a) a tendency to downplay known facts (b) excessive pride
(c) adverb used to describe a lack of concern.
Apogee:
(a) an insincere apology (b) a high point (c) a French word
for a silky but cooked custard.
Sanguine:
(a) relaxed (b) carefree (c) optimistic.
Fractious:
(a) a bone that does not heal well (b) algebraic math
problems (c) being grumpy or crabby.
Epochal:
(a) prophetic (b) how to compute past centuries (c) highly
significant.
Guttural:
(a) gruff (b) offensive language (c) pertaining to
defective house gutters.
Malevolent:
(a) malign (b) description of a bitter argument (c) a chess
move with your knight and rook that causes a checkmate.
Aboriginal:
(a) native (b) an original painting being destroyed (c) of
no importance.
Cumbersome:
(a) awkward (b) the wide sash that goes around one's waist
(c) nasal congestion caused by an allergy to cucumbers.
Titillate:
(a) arouse (b) muffled laughter (c) the same as tilling farm
soil.
Remonstrate:
(a) having a lack of an opinion (b) carousing (c) to rally
against something or someone.
Languish:
(a) to waste away (b) the art of telling a fable that has
no point to it (c) to seek title to property that has no
known owner.
Perfidy:
(a) to set aflame (b) infidelity (c) the art of using a
flame to set in place dried ceramic pieces.
Calumny:
(a) uncontrolled laughter (b) feeling full after a large
meal (c) slander.
Xenophobic:
(a) a person unable to use the letter, X. (b) fear of the
unknown (c) a fear of strangers.
Raconteur:
(a) imposter (b) narrator (c) a "shifty" acting person.
Fawn:
(a) to act condescendingly over a person (b) to treat with
contempt (c) a person who speculate in risky commodities.
Precipice:
(a) the corner of parchment paper (b) a high mountain peak
(c) to drive in a zig zag pattern.
Please give yourself no
more than five minutes to select all of the right answers.
If you get more than 18 right, you need to immediately apply
to a four-year college!
If you get 15 or more right, you should consider
teaching high school English.
If you get 10 to 14 right, you may want to take a course
as English being your second language.
If you get five to nine right, you should now realize why
you were passed over for that job promotion.
Five to eight right? Stay away from all print media and
books because you will only embarrass yourself more than you
have already!
Less than five right? Check your pulse...are you really
alive?
To get a score card of the answers and how these words
are used in a sentence, please send to me an un-traceable
money order for $23.48 (includes shipping and handling) and
I will meet you at a local library and give you the answers.
Contact Lafe Tolliver at
tolliver@juno.com
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