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Test Your Lexicon – April 2007

WORDSDEFINITIONS
A) Paragon1) Rich, wealthy, very well-to-do, having substantial means
B) Convivial2) Having plenty of room; spacious
C) Opulent3) A model of excellence; a perfect example
D) Sagacious4) Biting, cutting, keen, sarcastic, scathing
E) Mordant5) Caused by medical examination or treatment
F) Capacious6) Limber, flexible, moving with ease and grace
G) Lissome7) To calm, soothe, pacify or appease
H) Iatrogenic8) Irritable, cross, difficult to please
I) Peevish9) Socialble, festive, merry
J) Mollify10) Wise, shrewd, perceptive

ANSWERS

A-3, B-9, C-1, D-10, E-4, F-2, G-6, H-5, I-8, J-7

YOUR SCORE

0-2: Wow…well, keep working on it.

3-5: Not bad. Not great either. So, that’s good. Right? (Incidentally, you never finish a crossword puzzle).

6-8: Better than average. Much better actually. You probably talk a lot at parties and write for a living.

9-10: You are either an editor or an SOU professor. Or maybe, you are just a talented linguist? Either way, CONGRATULATIONS!

MORE NEXT MONTH! THANKS EVERYONE!!

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