All WordCraft page views749,147Shared total; this response is read-only.

Quick word lookup

Revised questions and your saved progress

The 399 recently added words now have different checkpoint and comprehensive contexts. Earlier answers remain in your browser history, but they do not complete the revised questions. A previously earned retention milestone may require the new delayed checkpoint. Lesson completion, saved words and personal writing are not reset.

These authored situations are different from the teaching examples. Returning to the same question later is repeated practice, not a new unseen test every time.

APPLY THE MEANING

Familiar words. A different situation.

8 questions that use guided words beyond their original reading. Choose the best answer before opening a definition, then read the explanation.

YOUR CHECKPOINT SET

8 words to put to work

Read the situation carefully. Look for the exact sense and tone, not just a loosely related word.

1,964guided words with a checkpoint

Set 119 of 246 / Words 945-952 of 1964. Choose specific words in the dictionary

1At a celebration, someone loudly points out a friend's recent rejection just as the friend is meeting new people. What supports tactless?A. A private offer of support at a time the friend chooses.B. A neutral introduction that does not expose a sensitive matter.C. A considerate change of topic when the friend appears uncomfortable.D. Failure to consider how the public remark could embarrass the friend.

2Two colleagues finish a careful, respectful discussion of a serious budgeting problem, agree on next steps, and then enjoy an unrelated harmless joke. One observer calls the entire discussion flippant merely because laughter occurred. Which assessment of the observer's inference is justified?A. Laughter alone does not establish inappropriately casual or disrespectful treatment of the serious matter.B. Respectful attention to the problem is itself evidence of flippancy.C. Any humor proves that the agreed practical steps were never discussed.D. A serious problem requires every later conversation to exclude all amusement permanently.

3During a formal introduction, a newcomer rudely challenges the host with a contemptuous personal demand unrelated to the purpose of the event. Which description fits?A. The demand is impertinent.B. The demand is deferential because it is forcefully expressed.C. The demand is respectfully curious merely because it takes the form of a question.D. The demand is automatically appropriate because the speaker is new.

4A commuter is reading quietly when a stranger steps directly into her path and aggressively demands that she explain whom she plans to meet. What does accost describe?A. A polite request made after checking whether she wishes to talk.B. An invitation she freely initiated herself.C. A silent observation from a distance without approaching her.D. The stranger's bold, intrusive approach and address.

5A host enthusiastically says she wants a guest to stay longer while privately arranging for the visit to end immediately and admitting she feels no such wish. What makes the invitation insincere?A. The host later changes her mind for a reason she openly explains.B. It expresses a wish the host does not honestly hold.C. It is warmly expressed rather than emotionally restrained.D. It contains an invitation rather than a statement of fact.

6Nora remains friendly with two neighbors who disagree about a fence. She openly tells both that she has not taken a position. Is friendliness to both sufficient evidence of two-facedness?A. No; the account supplies no insincere conflicting position presented to either neighbor.B. Yes; withholding judgment openly is the same as secretly promising both sides exclusive support.C. Yes; treating disagreeing people politely always requires contradictory claims.D. No; two-facedness can occur only when the people involved have never met.

7A novice adopts a grand expert manner for visitors, using impressive poses and slogans while admitting privately that the display is meant only to make him seem influential. Why call it posturing?A. The novice is asking sincere questions to improve understanding.B. The novice is practicing a genuine skill without an audience.C. An artificial attitude is being adopted to impress others.D. The novice is modestly explaining the limits of his knowledge.

8A packer devises a clever folded-paper support that holds an awkward object securely using very little space. No misleading claim is involved. Why is artful appropriate?A. The word indicates that practical skill is absent.B. The support works only through accidental placement.C. The solution is skillful and clever.D. Artful must mean fraudulent in every context.

Back to review

Return to top