Page 376 - Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

KEY: 1–g, 2–j, 3–a, 4–i, 5–b, 6–h, 7–d, 8–c, 9–f, 10–e

Do you understand the words?

1. Does a sycophantic attitude show sincere admiration?
YES NO

2. Is a diaphanous gown revealing?
YES NO

3. Does dilettantism show firmness and tenacity?
YES NO
4. Is a tyro particularly skillful?

YES NO
5. Is a violin virtuoso an accomplished musician?

YES NO
6. Is a termagant a pleasant person?

YES NO
7. Does chauvinism show modesty?

YES NO
8. Does a substantial patrimony obviate financial insecurity?
YES NO

9. If you know a person’s patronymic can you deduce his father’s name?
YES NO

10. Is a patriarch a male?
YES NO
11. Does a matriarch have a good deal of power?

YES NO
12. Does fratricide mean murder of one’s sister?

YES NO
13. Did the assassin of Abraham Lincoln commit regicide?

YES NO
14. Do dictators and tyrants sometimes commit genocide?

YES NO
15. Are an uxoricidal husband and his mariticidal wife likely to have a peaceful and affectionate
marriage?

YES NO