Dave's Choice Words: Exercise

Dave's Choice Words #7

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. animadversion
  2. belvedere
  3. ennui
  4. harridan
  5. incipient

The president's harsh statements about several minority groups resulted in from every direction.

He was an astute mayor able to identify the tensions in his town. Thanks to his keen perception, the mayor was able to avert a crisis.

In her youth she was a gracious, well-mannered woman with a kind smile and a soft voice. Fifty years later, she is a more vulgar than an intoxicated ruffian.

While her beloved was at sea, the lonely young woman spent her days on the of her father's estate. She hoped to be the first to spot her young man's ship approaching the bay.

At the beginning of their marriage, Joan's husband Bob filled each day with delight. But in recent years, their union was weary and unsatisfying. "How did we ever allow our salad years to deteriorate to this level of ?" Joan asked Bob.

 

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