Page 481 - Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary

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

Do you understand the words? (I)

1. Does life often seem pleasanter in retrospect?
YES NO

2. Are people of acuity gullible?
YES NO

3. Is perspicacity a common characteristic?
YES NO
4. Is a person of acumen likely to be naïve?

YES NO
5. Is a perspicuous style of writing easy to read?

YES NO
6. Should all writers aim at perspicuity?

YES NO
7. Is magnanimity a characteristic of small-minded people?

YES NO
8. Does a person of pusillanimous mind often think of petty revenge?
YES NO

9. Is a unanimous opinion one in which all concur?
YES NO