5. D
9. A
10. B
1. Students found her ____________ lecture hard to follow.
>A. meticulous
B. honorary
C. cogent
D. discursive
2. Everything about Carlos's financial situation seemed _________ for getting the loan he needed.
A. slovenly
>B. bodacious
C. dour
D. propitious
3. Josie's __________ experience in the convent chapel led her to choose a religious life.
A. ineffable
B. ingratiating
C. maladroit
>D. petulant
4. The ___________ team seemed to suffer one unlucky defeat and injury after another.
A. ineffable
B. fulsome
>C. inevitable
D. hapless
5. In Charlie's adolescent years, the _________ of his existence cost him his self-confidence.
A. acerbity
B. vagaries
>C. serenity
D. biliousness
6. The _________ old apple seller on the street corner used to scare Sarah.
A. copasetic
>B. pulchritudinous
C. wizened
D. transmogrified
7. The judge severely ____________ his clerks for telling the press about the defendant's case.
A. chastised
B. obligated
>C. inhibited
D. aggravated
8. Jessica gave a ___________ account of the conversation she'd had with the police.
A. verbatim
B. decorous
C. dilatory
>D. munificent
9. John's _____________ praise of his coach was part of his plan to get onto the team.
A. innocuous
B. fulsome
C. cognizant
>D. ostensible
10. Aunt Clara delivered a beautiful ____________ at Grandmother's funeral.
A. solipsism
>B. eulogy
C. ineptitude
D. soubriquet
11. His __________ crimes against the state were well chronicled in the daily papers.
A. propitious
B. querulous
C. blatant
>D. amorous
9. A
10. B
For number 1, a carefully prepared (meticulous) lecture, shouldn't be hard to follow. I told you in another post that you should use the word that means "rambling, moving from subject to subject."
Please go back and check the previous post for the hints I gave you for numbers 1 - 5.
And # 11 is especially ridiculous. Amorous means "loving." How can crimes against the state be considered loving?
1. For question 1, you can search for the definitions of the words "meticulous," "honorary," "cogent," and "discursive" in a dictionary or a dictionary website. Read the definitions and choose the word that best fits the context of the sentence.
2. Similarly, search for the meanings of "slovenly," "bodacious," "dour," and "propitious" for question 2.
3. Look up the definitions of "ineffable," "ingratiating," "maladroit," and "petulant" for question 3.
4. Search for the definitions of "ineffable," "fulsome," "inevitable," and "hapless" for question 4.
5. Find the meanings of "acerbity," "vagaries," "serenity," and "biliousness" for question 5.
6. Look up the definitions of "copasetic," "pulchritudinous," "wizened," and "transmogrified" for question 6.
7. Search for the meanings of "chastised," "obligated," "inhibited," and "aggravated" for question 7.
8. Find the definitions of "verbatim," "decorous," "dilatory," and "munificent" for question 8.
9. Look up the meanings of "innocuous," "fulsome," "cognizant," and "ostensible" for question 9.
10. Search for the definitions of "solipsism," "eulogy," "ineptitude," and "soubriquet" for question 10.
11. Finally, find the meanings of "propitious," "querulous," "blatant," and "amorous" for question 11.
By consulting a dictionary, you can ensure that you understand the correct meanings of the words and choose the most appropriate options for your vocabulary exercise.