Word Test 394

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 09/11/09

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

relating to or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river)

_______ homeowners should always consider flood insurance.

of, relating to, or situated on or near a shore esp. of the sea

Hiking on the _______ path attracted collectors of sea shells.

of, relating to, or living or occurring in the open sea; oceanic

The seagull is the epitome of _______ avian species.

having immense or fathomless extension downward; profound; immeasurably low or wretched (Cf: abyss)

With no end in sight, prospects for economic recovery seemed _______.

a water passage where the tide meets a river current ; esp.: an arm of the sea at the lower end of a river

The largest _______ in the US is Chesapeake Bay, between the Susquehanna River and the Atlantic.

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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."