Word Test 420

Improve Your Vocabulary

There is nothing more important in life than being able to master the power of communication. A good vocabulary is a like driving a car with rocket fuel instead of leaded gasoline. Words can power your career into high gear and increase your understanding of others.

From 2002-2014 we posted our Word of the Day and subsequently our Weekend Word Tests for 650 Consecutive Weeks or 12 ½ years, to help our viewers improve and expand their vocabulary. If you are serious about improving your vocabulary, our Word Test Library will challenge you to learn words you may never have known existed.

For the Week ending 03/12/10

Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.

adaptation to the customs of a culture /i>

Learning the subtleties of a foreign language is part of the _______ process of living in a new country.

condition in which social norms have weakened or disappeared
The _______ in today's youth portends dissolution of society's behavioral constraints.

socialization into cultural mainstream

The Internet has done much toward a world-wide _______ of values and communication.

decline in public morality and social order

The prevalence of sexual innuendo in advertising has contributed to the _______ of moral standards.

underlying and enduring attitudes and beliefs characteristic of a society, esp. in connection with supernatural forces

The moon's 28-day month has created a lunar _______ concerning aberrant or bizarre behavior.

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We would like to thank Dr. Andrew Jamieson, MD, of Vancouver, Washington for his articulate contribution of words he supplied for the many years he served as our "eHappyLife Word Specialist."