Word Test 431

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 05/21/10

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

The condition of being temporarily set aside; suspension

Suspected of embezzlement, his paycheck was in _______ pending investigation.

deadly or pernicious in influence; foreboding or threatening evil; harmful or malignant in intent or effect

The angry Sith glared up at him in _______ silence, as he aimed his taser.

of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration; contemporary

Anger, hatred, and pride are but so many shapes of sin _____ with the intolerance and fear in our time.

discontinuance from use or exercise; disuse

Old railroad beds and bridges, fallen into _______, have recently been opened as walking trails.

a state of equilibrium; counterbalance; stasis

The wrestlers were in _______ - almost motionless - thigh to thigh, arm to arm, breast to breast, each sought to break the others strength.

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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."