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Words that Works #10

Here’s the part 10 of the 10-word quiz to test your working vocabulary for your ready reference in writing and in speaking.

If you know them, they would work for you effectively. They will enrich your command of words as an effective writer. They will make you better in speaking. Your communication would be great and you are confident to use them when you know them, their meaning and their limitation in any occasion.

  • Question of

    abacus

    • casserole
    • blackboard
    • slide rule
    • long spear
    • adding device
  • Question of

    acquiescence

    • advice
    • advocacy
    • compliance
    • friendliness
    • opposition
  • Question of

    adroit

    • hostile
    • serene
    • pompous
    • skillful
    • allergic
  • Question of

    ambulatory

    • able to walk
    • confined to bed
    • injured
    • quarantined
    • suffering from disease
  • Question of

    ameliorate

    • favor
    • improve
    • interfere
    • learn
    • straddle
  • Question of

    antithesis

    • contrast
    • conclusion
    • resemblance
    • examination
    • dislike
  • Question of

    astute

    • shrewed
    • futile
    • provocative
    • ruthless
    • potent
  • Question of

    attrition

    • annihilation
    • encirclement
    • counterattack
    • appeasement
    • wearing down
  • Question of

    augment

    • curtail
    • change
    • restore
    • increase
    • conceal
  • Question of

    banal

    • commonplace
    • flippant
    • pathetic
    • new
    • unexpected

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Written by Gil Camporazo

23 Comments

  1. Bad day, I must say it is – 1 out of 10. Are these words used nowadays? I have come across two words from this list. The others are quite strange.

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