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Words that Work #5

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Here’s the part 5 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.

Take your time and good luck.

  • Question of

    bedizen

    • to dress gaudily,
    • to dress simply,
    • to dress in bed
  • Question of

    ostensible

    • demonstrably true,
    • possibly true,
    • extremely true
  • Question of

    tome

    • biography
    • sepulchers’ lists
    • scholarly book
  • Question of

    canicular

    • dog days of summer
    • receptacle
    • telescope
  • Question of

    lambaste

    • to assault physically,
    • to attack verbally,
    • to harass seriously
  • Question of

    metier

    • something that measures
    • something a person put on his hands
    • something a person does very well
  • Question of

    regardless

    • despite everything
    • less important thing
    • appreciate everything
  • Question of

    sophistry

    • wise reasoning
    • deceptive reasoning
    • secondary reasoning
  • Question of

    asseverate

    • to assert lightly
    • to say confidently
    • to declare earnestly
  • Question of

    pyrotechnics

    • display of techniques
    • display of fireworks
    • display of plastics

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Written by Gil Camporazo

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