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SALTEnglishLitVocab4
Quiz Prep Week 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which sentence best fits the word COTERIE? | "I had no place in any ___, or in any reciprocal self-advertising. I stood alone. I stood outside. I wanted only to learn. I wanted only to write better." - Ellen Glasgow |
| to be sad, sorrowful, or regretful | LAMENT |
| subject to sudden unpredictable changes | CAPRICIOUS |
| favorable; suitable | OPPORTUNE |
| separated from people; sometimes snobbish, uninvolved | ALOOF |
| to put off until a later time | PROCRASTINATE |
| to arouse to action | INCITE |
| a circle of close friends or associates; an entourage | COTERIE |
| Which sentence best fits the word ALOOF? | In private life, although he made some friends, he was basically ___ and self-contained. |
| Which sentence best fits the word PROCRASTINATE? | If a student has a tendency to ___, distance learning experiences will be a struggle. |
| Which sentence best fits the word CAPRICIOUS? | "Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is ___, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline." - Barbara Tuchman |
| Which sentence best fits the word LAMENT? | The last time the world tried to eliminate malaria, some scientists ___, the world eliminated malariologists. |
| Which sentence best fits the word OPPORTUNE? | We see the time as now ___ for a major step forward in the field of health and prevention. |