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Which sentence used the underline vocabulary word incorrectly?

A.  The subsequent punishment was to wash the dishes for an entire month.

B.  Every country needs a stable economy to thrive.

C.  His car ran perfectly because he negligently to care of it.

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The Lumber Room

    Vocabulary

Asperity - n. brusqueness, sternness, sharpness

E.g.: 'Why didn't he tell me they were hurting?' asked the aunt with some asperity

Obstinacy - n. stubbornness, determination, persistence

E.g.: His face took on an expression of considerable obstinacy.

Punitive - adj. punishing, disciplinary

E.g.: It was a circumstance that the aunt had overlooked in the has of organizing 

Which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly?

A. Joey sauntered the butter on his toast and sat down to eat his breakfast. 

B. Joey endured punitive action when he was late for school; he had to go to detention! 

C. Joey's ears hurt from his mother's vociferation when she found out he went to detention!

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                        Vocabulary

Conspicuous-adj. eye catching, noticeable

E.g.: I would rather be the deckhand who stood on the end of the stage-plank with a coil of rope in his hand, and because he was particularly conspicuous.

Furtive-adj. sly, stealthy, secretive 

E.g.: I thought he took a furtive glance at me out of the corner of his eye, but as not even this notice was repeated. I judged I had been mistaken.

Intimation-n. hint, indication, inkling

E.g.: Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.

 

Which sentence uses the underlined vocabulary word incorrectly:

A. The conspicuous street performer soon had an interested crowd.

B. The transient statue has been here since before the civil war.

C. I never understood the trivial task of copying sentences from the dictionary.

Vocabulary
transgress v. to violate a law or command
E.g.: Unjust laws exist. Shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?
 
impetuous - adj. acting with sudden or rash behavior; hasty
E.g.: The officer of the government must consider whether he shall treat me... without a ruder and. more impetuous thought or speech.
 
expedient - n. a means to an end; resource
E.g.: Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.
 
blunder n. a gross, stupid, or careless mistake
E.g.: In every threat and in every compliment, there was a blunder.
 
conscience n. The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives
E.g.: It is truly enough said, that a corporation has no conscience: but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
 
Which word form correctly completes this sentence?
He often ____ the school code of conduct and was frequently in detention.
A. transgress
B. transgresses
C. transgressed
D. transgressing

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