Quiz About Vocabulary

Celeste MoncrieffQuiz About Vocabulary InstructionsRead the questionClick on the answerDont click on anything else or it may go to the wrong slideQuestion 1Bombastnoun

a. Boast b. Pompous language c. Empty threat d. OutburstQuestion 1- AnswerCorrect!

B: Pompous language that has little meaning

Latin bombax (cotton)

They fill the news with threats and bombast

Question 2MinusculeadjectiveVery smallb. Delicate

c. Unworthyd. Exact Question 2- AnswerCorrect!A: Very Small

A minuscule pension

Latin minusculus

Question 3UrbanadjectiveRelating to.a. Social poiseb. The city

c. Barriers d. GardensQuestion 3- AnswerCorrect!B: Relating to or characteristic of the city

This was before I had any real knowledge of the nature and urban economy

Latin urbs (city)

Question 4Candornouna. Wordiness b. Humor

c. Frankness d. Ambition Question 4- AnswerCorrect!C: Frankness; quality of being open or honest

The campaign season should be a time of candor

Latin candere (to shine)

Question 5Deemverba. To seemb. Correct

c. Insistd. BelieveQuestion 5- AnswerCorrect!D: To believe; judge

On issues he deems critical, Bradley will follow his own instincts

Old English deman

Celeste MoncrieffQuiz About Vocabulary