Word Test 336 | eHappyLife

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 08/01/08

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

mournful, wistful

His previously cheerful countenance was _______ and worn.

joyless, disconsolate, sorrowful

We must feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the _______.

downcast in spirits

His low test grade _______ him.

verging in impropriety or indecency

She enjoys a good joke, even if it is a little _______.

marked by arousing an immoderate or sexual desire; lustful, lascivious

The courts consider what appeals to the _______ interest to be pornographic.

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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."