Dave's Choice Words: Exercise

Dave's Choice Words #16

Instructions:

  • Find the best fit for the five words below and enter their numbers in the boxes. When finished, click the "SUBMIT MY ANSWERS" button to see how well you did.
  • Need help with a word? Use the Merriam-Webster Dictionary at the bottom of the page. The definition should open in a new window. Close the window to return to Dave's Choice Words.
  • Send comments and corrections to Dave Fisco.
  1. doyen
  2. doyenne
  3. fakir
  4. rara avis
  5. scabrous

Best and Green are well into their eighties but still maintain full lecture schedules. Professor Greg Best is the and Professor Mary Green is the of the faculty.

Mother Theresa, with her unbridled generosity, was a in a self-centered world.

Janet divorced Tom to marry Tom's brother. Is it any surprise everyone found family reunions to be affairs?

He claimed to be an accomplished stock broker from New York and said he could make us rich. Once he skipped town with thousands of our dollars we realized he was a .

 

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