\u201cWords have a longer life than deeds.\u201d
\n\u2014Pindar<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.\u201d
\n\u2014Confucius<\/p>\n
\u201cProper words in proper places make the true definition of a style.\u201d
\n\u2014Jonathan Swift<\/p>\n
\u201cThe limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.\u201d
\n\u2014Ludwig Wittgenstein<\/p>\n
Here is another of our intermittent vocabulary tests. The answers directly follow the quiz.<\/p>\n
1<\/strong>.\u00a0droll<\/strong><\/p>\n A) sad 2<\/strong>.\u00a0mitigate<\/strong><\/p>\n A) inspire 3. laconic<\/strong><\/p>\n A) defiant 4. respite<\/strong><\/p>\n A) depression 5. ubiquitous<\/strong><\/p>\n A) everywhere 6. ruminate<\/strong><\/p>\n A) think deeply about 7. demagogue<\/strong><\/p>\n A) madman 8. brusque<\/strong><\/p>\n A) brilliant 9. obfuscate<\/strong><\/p>\n A) complain 10. ad hominem<\/strong><\/p>\n A) a tactic used to wear down an opponent through constant repetition ANSWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n 1<\/strong>: C) humorous.\u00a0Her<\/em>\u00a0droll<\/em>\u00a0observations had me laughing all evening<\/em>.<\/p>\n 2<\/strong>: B) reduce.\u00a0The panel submitted a plan<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/em>mitigate<\/em>and manage the causes and consequences of violent conflict<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n 3<\/strong>: D) using few words.\u00a0His laconic young friend rarely said more than two words at a time<\/em>.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>: C) a short period of rest.\u00a0The treaty gave the country a respite from twenty years of war<\/em>.<\/p>\n 5<\/strong>: A) everywhere.\u00a0Computers have become ubiquitous in everyday life<\/em>.<\/p>\n 6<\/strong>: A) think deeply about.\u00a0They spent long hours ruminating on what needed to be done<\/em>.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>: D) agitator.\u00a0He\u2019s just a power-hungry demagogue with no coherent plan<\/em>.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>: C) abrupt.\u00a0I gave him a brusque reply because I was too busy to chat<\/em>.<\/p>\n 9<\/strong>: C) confuse.\u00a0This is an effort by the agency to obfuscate, misdirect, and conceal<\/em>.<\/p>\n 10<\/strong>: B) a tactic used to win an argument through personal attack.\u00a0The mayor ignored the issue and launched a ten-minute ad hominem assault on Wilson.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWords have a longer life than deeds.\u201d \u2014Pindar \u201cThe beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.\u201d \u2014Confucius \u201cProper words in proper places make the true definition of a style.\u201d \u2014Jonathan Swift \u201cThe limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-definitions","category-vocabulary"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nB) unaffected
\nC) humorous
\nD) agile<\/p>\n
\nB) reduce
\nC) resist
\nD) contradict<\/p>\n
\nB) devious
\nC) lacking energy
\nD) using few words<\/p>\n
\nB) constant anger
\nC) a short period of rest
\nD) a loud noise<\/p>\n
\nB) enormous
\nC) swerving
\nD) weakened<\/p>\n
\nB) minimize
\nC) make space for
\nD) copy<\/p>\n
\nB) outlaw
\nC) great leader
\nD) agitator<\/p>\n
\nB) cheerful
\nC) abrupt
\nD) easily offended<\/p>\n
\nB) clarify
\nC) confuse
\nD) mumble<\/p>\n
\nB) a tactic used to win an argument through personal attack
\nC) a tactic used to distract an opponent by introducing another topic
\nD) an argument that assumes the truth of a statement that is unproven<\/p>\n