Fill in the blanks.
1Ants love to eat ...............
Wrong!
Ants might eat dried berries called "currants".
2............... fashions are more casual than those of the 1960s.
Wrong!
"Current" means happening or existing now.
3He gave the report a ............... glance and tossed it aside.
Wrong!
"Cursory" means quick and not careful or detailed.
4He arrived with his ............... promptness.
Wrong!
"Customary" means usual or habitual.
5The nation must put a ............... on its spending to balance the economy.
Wrong!
A "curb" is a limit or control on something.
6His loss didn't ............... his zest for living.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Damp" and "dampen" both mean make a feeling less strong.
7With that ............... outlook, he does not trust anyone.
Wrong!
"Cynical" means distrustful of people's motives.
8The negotiations reached a ............... after two hours.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"Deadlock", "standoff", and "impasse" all mean a situation in which no progress is possible.
9The boy's directions ............... us, and we never did find the lake.
Wrong!
"Misled" means gave someone wrong information or directions.
10She ............... her fiancé by dating others.
Wrong!
"Deceived" means deliberately made someone believe something false.
11The magazine doesn't accept any ............... ads.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"Deceitful", "deceptive", and "misleading" can all describe ads that give a false impression.
12From her conversation, I ............... that she had a large family.
Wrong!
"Deduced" means concluded from the information available.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Ants love to eat currants
- Current fashions are more casual than those of the 1960s.
- He gave the report a cursory glance and tossed it aside.
- He arrived with his customary promptness.
- The nation must put a curb on its spending to balance the economy.
- His loss didn’t damp / dampen his zest for living.
- With that cynical outlook, he does not trust anyone.
- The negotiations reached a deadlock / standoff / impasse after two hours.
- The boy’s directions misled us, and we never did find the lake.
- She deceived her fiancé by dating others.
- The magazine doesn’t accept any deceitful / deceptive / misleading ads.
- From her conversation, I deduced that she had a large family.
