Question

Which word most likely refers to a person?

A.
cavernous

B.
circumspect

C.
feint

D.
idyll

Answer 1

B.
circumspect

Answer 2

adjective: circumspect

wary and unwilling to take risks.

Answer 3

Cavernous:
like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
Circumspect:
wary and unwilling to take risks.
Feint:
make a deceptive or distracting movement, typically during a fight.
Idyll:
an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene, typically an idealized or unsustainable one.

Answer 4

Thus, I would have to say that circumspect would be an acceptable word for a person.

Answer 5

Possums ___ death in order to deceive predators in search of live prey. (Points: 1)

feign

2. Mythological stories often illustrate ___ events in nature such as birth, life, and death. (Points: 1)

cyclic

3. The oldest ___ in the world is the Roman Pantheon; the circumference of its dome is about 142 feet. (Points: 1)

rotunda

4. American prisoners of war try to conceal the true meanings of their conversations from their captors by using ___ expressions such as, "He kicked the bucket." (Points: 1)

figurative

5. The eye of the monstrous Cyclops is a single ___ that sits in the middle of his forehead. (Points: 1)

orb

6. Find the best answer to each question.

Which word most likely refers to a person? (Points: 1)

idyll

7. Which word refers to memorizing without full attention or comprehension? (Points: 1)

rote

8. Which word does not imply shape? (Points: 1)

feint

9. Which word has a root that does not imply roundness? (Points: 1)

excavate

10. Which word does not imply a comparison? (Points: 1)

feign

11. Find the pair of words that has the same kind of relationship as the numbered pair.

concave : bowl :: (Points: 1) circuitous : maze

12. figurative : literal :: (Points: 1)

symbolic : actual

13. kuklos : cyclic :: (Points: 1)

circum : around

14. orb : globe :: (Points: 1)

circumference : perimeter

15. Find the best word to complete each sentence.

The Lepus Constellation is a ___ of stars that resembles a rabbit. (Points: 1)

configuration

16. The nymph Echo lived in ___ grottos where the sound of her voice resonated against the walls. (Points: 1)

cavernous

17. Author Agatha Christie's ___ knowledge of poisons inspired many of the plots in her murder mysteries. (Points: 1)

encyclopedic

18. In The Wind in the Willows, Mr. Toad includes a badger and a mole in his ___ of friends. (Points: 1)
orbit

19. A(n) ___ of Benjamin Franklin made by Madame Marie Tussaud is still on display at the Wax Museum in London. (Points: 1)

effigy

20. In the 1990s a group of hardy adventurers, driving from London to Paris, across Eurasia, over Artic winter ice to Alaska, and across the U.S. to New York, proved that this ___ overland route was possible. (Points: 1)

circuitous

Answer 6

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