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Vocabulary Quiz #1

Word Bank:

avoirdupois, grok, diablerie, purport, hoodwinked, nostrum, lucrative, panic, sawbuck, alopecia, draconian, analogue, fulsome, asunder, lèse-majesté, quailed, apropos, hospitalist, imprimatur, cupids, colporteur, billet-doux, stereotactic, star-chamber, concinnity, inviolable, scintilla, metadata, shilling, balneology, askance, foist

1. Gekic can be a dazzling pianist full of diablerie when he's in the mood...." (James Roos, The Miami Herald, March 24, 2002)
    
2. Critics predict the mayor's plan to revitalize the downtown area by offering tax breaks to local businesses will prove a costly and ineffective nostrum.
    
3. The governor believes that biotechnology will be a lucrative field that can replace manufacturing as the mainstay of the state's economy.
    
4. "The town I live in now," explained Tina, "is an analogue of the town I grew up in -- similar in climate, population, and demographics."
    
5. "Arena rock shows that once promised spectacle for less than a sawbuck have bloated into elite affairs resembling closed corporate events." (Jon Fine, Business Week, February 6, 2006)
    
6. My cousin Amelia recently donated ten inches of her hair to an organization that makes wigs for children who suffer from alopecia.
    
7. She's starring in a new sitcom this season and also shilling for a shampoo in a series of newly released ads.
    
8. Stan's praise for Emily was so fulsome it didn't seem sincere.
    
9. . The wreckage is believed to be that of a British vessel that was torn asunder by a deadly storm almost a hundred years ago.
    
10. When she was working as a colporteur, Lena found some people to be more receptive to her offerings than others.
     
11. Jennifer experienced a sudden panic at the thought of failing all of her classes.
     
12. Some family members view Ty's criticism of his grandfather as an act of lèse-majesté.
     
13. Sue contends that the city's steep fine for jaywalking is a draconian form of punishment.
     
14. Even though she quailed at the thought of rejection, Gwen asked Marcel out to dinner.
     
15. Sean interrupted our conversation about politics and, apropos of nothing, asked who we thought would win the basketball game.
     
16. After the witness's frank and bruising testimony, neither my brother nor I was left with a scintilla of doubt that the defendant was guilty.
     
17. Naomi worried that as a hospitalist she would have to work harder to achieve personalized relationships with her patients.
     
18. No matter how many times I try to explain it, my grandmother just can't grok what a blog is and why anyone would want to read one.
     
19. The organization has been meeting on campus without the university's imprimatur.
     
20. Ricco sent Tanya a card covered with roses and cupids on Valentine's Day.
     
21. Poor George spent hours laboring over a billet-doux, only to have his girlfriend toss it aside and demand, "Where are my roses?"
     
22. Dori studied balneology in Europe and now applies her knowledge at a spa in California.
     
23. "Brain surgery without the knife," declared an ad for stereotactic radiosurgery.
     
24. The new department manager's star-chamber methods -- from closed-door meetings to ultimatums and disastrous snap decisions -- quickly alienated the staff.
     
25. The dishonest art dealer hoodwinked Edward, convincing him to pay top dollar for a relatively worthless painting.
     
26. "One can almost see him, grey-haired and serene in the inviolable shelter of his book-lined, faded, and comfortable study. . . ." (Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim)
     
27. Michael's ample avoirdupois can be blamed on his fondness for rich sauces and fattening cheeses.
     
28. The word processing program also tracks and saves metadata such as the author of the document and how many copies have been printed.
     
29. Julia maintains that no modern play can rival the concinnity of the classical Greek tragedies.
     
30. The authors purport to offer irrefutable proof of a conspiracy, but in reality their book gives us nothing but unproven conjecture.
     
31. "How demurely the little urchins look at him askance as he surveys them when they are all seated, with a glare of the eye peculiar to beadles!" (Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz)
     
32. Rather than do the task he was assigned, Jim tried to foist it on one of the newer employees.