Dave's Choice Words: Exercise

Dave's Choice Words #8

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. enmity
  2. jeremiad
  3. probity
  4. reticulate
  5. yahoo

This time the communists offered more than just their usual argument against free markets; they zealously repeated their against capitalism.

The young biology student marveled at the veins of the human circulatory system.

Dressed in an Armani suit and Italian designer shoes, the attempted to camouflage his crude, unsophisticated nature.

The leaders, who had engaged each other in numerous battles over the years, could not put their aside long enough to attempt a peace conference.

The elderly business tycoon needed to find a virtuous person to be the executor of his estate. Unfortunately, all of his relatives were greedy opportunists. "If just one of my relatives would exhibit some , I could be assured my estate would be divided fairly," the tycoon said.

 

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