Usage
Which sentence uses arduous correctly?
a- After spilling the milk on the tile floor, the children would sop it up with a dry rag so the floor would be arduous.
b- Moving this cabinet is an arduous chore.
c-The books were not heavy, so relocating them to the other room was an arduous task.
d- I praised her when she made all As; I was so arduous!
b- Moving this cabinet is an arduous chore.
adj.given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause; N. activist
a- militant
b- abscond
c- arbitrary
d- ghastly
a- militant
Pick the one that doesn't fit:
doleful
morose
exodus
exodus
Which sentence uses fated correctly?
a- The poor exam scores fated her future because college acceptance was reliant on them.
b- Younger and younger children are being fated by doctors to U.S. health organizations as being extremely overweight and exercising less.
c- Finding the fated truth wouldn't be easy, that's for sure.
d- Because his name was chosen during the raffle, Clark is a fated for the grand prize.
a- The poor exam scores fated her future because college acceptance was reliant on them.
n. theft
a- stagnant
b- pliant
c- larceny
d- credible
c- larceny
Pick the one that doesn't fit:
taunt
hew
revile
hew
Which sentence uses daunt/daunted correctly?
a- She could no longer daunt her bank account because there had been too many suspicious purchases.
b- Because his name was daunted during the raffle, Clark is a qualifier for the grand prize.
c- I was daunted by solving the easy problem 2+2=4.
d- The large number of math problems on this worksheet does not daunt me.
d- The large number of math problems on this worksheet does not daunt me.
adj.made of brass; shameless, impudent
a- hew
b- doleful
c- paramount
d- brazen
d- brazen
Pick the one that doesn't fit:
slapdash
incinerate
annihilate
slapdash
Which sentence uses paramount correctly?
a- Because of paramount donations this year, the charity is facing a million-dollar shortfall.
b- The rain and wind abruptly paramount, but the sky still had the gray swirls of storms in the distance.
c- Studying for the exam is of paramount importance, if you want to do well.
d-She wanted a pet platypus but ended up getting a duck and a paramount ferret instead.
c- Studying for the exam is of paramount importance, if you want to do well.
adj. exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
a- exodus
b- incessant
c- superfluous
d- reprieve
c- superfluous
Pick the one that doesn't fit:
rectify
atone
prim
defray
prim
Which sentence uses supplant correctly?
a- Because the star player is in top form tonight, we have strong hopes he will be able to supplant the game-winning shot into the net.
b- A text message cannot supplant an actual phone call.
c- Schools must supplant responsibility for the physical and mental well being of their students.
d- Eleanor played in her supplant water table.
b- A text message cannot supplant an actual phone call.
adj. not able to be corrected, beyond control
a- precipice
b- incorrigible
c- ghastly
d- servitude
b- incorrigible
Pick the one that doesn't fit:
incessant
opaque
tenacious
opaque