Vocab list 2 quiz

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College Reading Quiz on Vocab list 2 quiz, created by thatgirlwhostudies on 05/09/2013.
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Question 1

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What does arable mean?
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  • fit for cultivation
  • dry

Question 2

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What is a brigand?
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  • a robber/ bandit
  • a nice person

Question 3

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What does carte blanche mean?
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  • having authority with no bounds
  • a bland cart

Question 4

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What is a consomme?
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  • a clear soup
  • a broth base
  • a dried spice

Question 5

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What does it mean to be contemptuous?
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  • plain
  • Scornful and and haughty
  • silly

Question 6

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What does cosmopolitan mean?
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  • loud
  • worldly, sophisticated
  • you like to drink

Question 7

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What does discerning mean?
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  • lacking know-how
  • being understanding
  • distinguishing differences, detecting

Question 8

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What is a donny brook?
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  • a wet seal
  • a creek
  • a fight/ uproar

Question 9

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What is an incantation?
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  • a musical instrument
  • a pipe horn
  • charm

Question 10

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Who is an interlocutor?
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  • your face
  • a crazy person
  • questioner/ on-stage speaker

Question 11

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What is a metamorphosis?
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  • a dramatic change
  • a chance

Question 12

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What is a nomenclature?
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  • necklace clasp
  • naming system in art or science

Question 13

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What is serendipity?
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  • an ice cream
  • a fortunate discovery made by accident

Question 14

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What is a stentorian noise?
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  • very quiet
  • very loud
  • very wierd

Question 15

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What is a vestige?
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  • evidence; trace
  • person of status
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