Word of the Day -- Final Test

A.       Match the words from the Words of the Day list with its synonyms.

Hinder

Impious

Dolorous

Blatherskite

Malediction

Emaciated

Folderol

Timorous

Varlet

Gibberish

Fearful

Curse

Sorrowful

Puny

Wicked

Servant

Delay

Chatterbox

B.       Circle the correct answer to complete the sentence

1.        A sumptuous meal is  

a.       a scanty affair

b.       a specialty diet

c.        costly and rich

d.       a religious tradition

2.        An ambuscade  is

a.       a noodle dish with fruit

b.       an ambush

c.        an Austrian military personnel

d.       seasoned potato fritters

3.        An example of a mild oath or exclamation:   

a.       Objurgate!

b.       Usufruct!

c.        Vesuvius!

d.       Odsbodikins!

4.       If you are incognito,

a.       your presence is announced

b.       your true identity is kept secret

c.        your mother is traveling with you

d.       you make people sneeze

5.       A gossamer cloth is

a.       thin and airy

b.       camouflaged

c.        on sale

d.       made of metal

6.       A sabot is put on a person’s

a.       finger

b.       foot

c.        legs

d.       shoulders

7.       A cook will put this kind of sauce on his Eggs Benedict

a.       Hoi Polloi

b.       Gimcrack     

c.        Hollandaise

d.       Scrofulous    

8.       An inordinately greedy person is

a.       rapacious

b.       charitable

c.        benevolent

d.       obtuse

C.      Fill in the blank with the missing words of the sentence.

1.        A person who has told a short story or account has told a  _______________.

2.       A person who has become rigid and inflexible in her attitude has become _____________________.

3.       His parents were shocked at the ____________________ of his grades due to his extremely low scores.

4.       She was ________________ and didn’t believe the alien’s story.

5.       They celebrated their team’s victory with many exuberant ______________________.

Anecdote               Ossifying               Declivity                Dubious Shindies

D.       True or False

________  1.  A gulag is a castle for an African prince. 

________  2.  When a cowboy says “Howdy Hombre,” he’s talking to his horse.

________  3.  Raj is a Hindi title for rulership.

________  4.  A person who has a swag of possessions lives in poverty.

________  5.  A Crusader was a fighter who was part of the crusades in the early Middle Ages.

E.       Match the words with their word origins.

Alacrity

Picket

Objurgate

Swag

Hoc loco

Augmentation

Sepulchral

Latin, augmentare, to increase

Latin sepilire, to bury

French piquet, pointed staff

Norwegian , svagga to sway, rock 

Latin. alacritas, lively

Latin, objugare, to reproach

Latin, hoc loco, in this place