Posted by tamy on Friday, November 23, 2007 at 2:27am.
ok i have been working on my english homework for some time now. i was assigned a 400 question vocabulary packet. here are just 15 questions i coudnt find out while doing the entire packet. I couldn't even find any answers using the dictionary website. even if someone only answers 5 questions would be helpful. i found out to 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8 while posting this so dont mind it if i skip a number.
3. The lab technicians went through the titration process with __________ care.
A. ribald
B. vestigial
C. sedulous
D. sanguine
5. When Tarzan returned to civilization, people worried about his sometimes ___________ behavior.
A. feral
B. pedantic
C. culpable
D. fervent
6. The diplomat's ______________ demands caused him to be less than welcome at most restaurants.
A. frugal
B. pragmatic
C. arcane
D. peremptory
9. Even the most uptight scholar delights in the _________ , coarse jokes in Chaucer's "The Miller's Tale."
A. egregious
B. gullible
C. ribald
D. serendipitous
10. The French monarchy was renowned for its __________ disregard for the common people.
A. egregious
B. litigious
C. bodacious
D. solicitous
11. Charles's tastes in music were __________ . He had recordings of classical, jazz, rock-and-roll, and heavy metal performers.
A. histrionic
B. ubiquitous
C. eclectic
D. officious
12. The professor's lecture was simply ________, and the students actually began to laugh.
A. affluent
B. ascetic
C. sedulous
D. inane
13. He left his family, and I knew that he would someday ________ the day.
A. ossify
B. augment
C. rue
D. obliterate
14. The nerves in our fingertips are wonderfully sensitive to __________ sensations.
A. idyllic
B. tactile
C. tacit
D. insipid
15. Rinaldo was an _________ smoker and could not break the habit even when he was diagnosed with emphysema.
A. dubious
B. brusque
C. inveterate
D. indolent
- english vocab - GuruBlue, Friday, November 23, 2007 at 9:39am
Yup.... I gave you those 5.... If you use the dictionary, I am sure you will be able to find the correct answers. When you have done that, please repost and I will happily give you further suggestions for any you miss.
- english vocab - PsyDAG, Friday, November 23, 2007 at 9:51am
3. Sanguine refers to blood, while sedulous relates to careful perseverance.
4. Feral refers to manners of a wild beast.
6. Peremptory equals haughty.
It is interesting that I got these three answers from an online dictionary, but you say that "I couldn't even find any answers using the dictionary website."
With the remaining sentences, you can try the dictionary again, carefully looking over the definitions and using the cues from the sentence to make your decisions.
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
- english vocab - Sandy, Friday, March 20, 2009 at 12:33am
Try using wikiwordy to help with some of these. The website provides a lot of example sentences, and helps you better understand how to use them appropriately in context.
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