Dave's Choice Words: Exercise

Dave's Choice Words #71

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. discursive
  2. enjoined
  3. omertà
  4. purveyed
  5. trumpery

On his first day of work, the accounting firm John with the essentials: business cards, a laptop and the key to the men's room.

My psychic me to break off my engagement. I suppose the tarot cards augured some disaster if I participated in the nuptials. My father, a man of science with no time for anything New Age, said, "Why do you waste your time on such nonsense as psychics? How anyone can believe that is beyond me."

"The bane of the expository essay is writing," the professor warned us. "Sharpen your ideas, stick to your thesis and provide solid arguments to support your conclusion."

"You broke the ," Don Giovanni barked, his cocked pistol pointed at the offender. "We don't tolerate squealers. Die, traitor!"

 

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