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| Would you rather be described as DEMURE or as ENLIGHTENED? |
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DEMURE: modest, shy
ENLIGHTENED: informed and aware |
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| Would you rather listen to a graduation speaker who favored BREVITY or VERBOSITY? |
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BREVITY: shortness
VERBOSITY; long-winded |
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| Would you rather sit next to someone who understood COMPORTMENT or not on a long bus ride? |
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| Would you rather read an essay by a writer who was CONCISE or who was VERBOSE? |
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CONCISE: expressing much in a few words
VERBOSE: wordy and long-winded |
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| Would you rather your collection of Beanie Babies APPRECIATED or DEPRECIATED in value? |
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APPRECIATE: to grow in value
DEPRECIATE: to lessen in value |
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| Do you hope that your health DETERIORATES as you age? |
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| Would you want someone to DIVULGE or to SECRETE your opinion about Mrs. Gould? |
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DIVULGE: to tell
SECRETE: to keep secret |
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| Would you rather FORESTALL a quiz by taking it early or asking questions to waste class time? |
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| FORESTALL: to prevent by acting first |
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| Would you rather have a teacher who GARBLED her lectures or one who ARTICULATED her lectures? |
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GARBLE: to confuse
ARTICULATE: to clarify |
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| Would you rather be known as a PROPONENT or an OPPONENT of women's rights? |
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PROPONENT; a supporter
OPPONENT: a foe |
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| Would you QUAVER if you had to give a speech in front of the student body? |
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| Would a cream puff on your dinner plate or a deadly snake in your shorts make you RECOIL? |
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| RECOIL: to cringe; flinch |
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| Would you rather people said that you REEKED or that you were FRAGRANT? |
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REEK: smell bad
FRAGRANT: smell nice |
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| When you get money as a gift, would you rather SQUANDER it or HOARD it? |
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SQUANDER: to spend foolishly
HOARD: to save |
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