Dave's Choice Words: Exercise

Dave's Choice Words #30

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. bromide
  2. craven
  3. evinced
  4. nostrums
  5. sempiternal

He likes to project a bellicose image, but when it comes to the fight, he shows his true nature by running away.

The flame over President Kennedy's grave is .

Many say he's a quack dispensing , but one of his elixirs cured my cold in less than a day.

By writing him out of her will, she her disapproval of her son's behavior.

"'Have a nice day' is a ," the cantankerous old lady snapped. "You don't even know me and I'm sure you don't care about the quality of my day."

 

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