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The AWAD
Vocabulary Quiz 5 - A Study in Scarlet
(AWAD, May 19 - 26, 1997)
This week's theme was "A Study in Scarlet",
words from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, not synonyms for 'sanguine'.
Select the definition that best fits each word.
1. minatory
a) threatening
b) confined in a labyrinth
c) algebraically negative
d) capable of being mined
2. ineffable
a) unavoidable
b) unfriendly; uneasy in conversation
c) indescribable
d) apochryphal; of doubtful authenticity
3. bumptious
a) unsophisticated; rustic
b) serendipitous
c) inclined to demote (one's employees)
d) self-assertive; forward
4. sonorous
a) loud-sounding
b) filled with something (as honey) that sweetens
c) producing a regular and monotonous ringing
d) non-conducting
5. piquant
a) stimulating to the taste
b) trivial
c) drawing attention
d) a two-handed card game played with 32 cards
6. necromancer
a) spectral diffuser
b) nocturnal bloodsucker
c) sorcerer
d) 3-D virtual environment
7. effusion
a) pouring a liquid on (as in a baptism)
b) the act of pouring out
c) joining by melting together
d) ostentatious show; gala
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