Vocabulary Studio 44: Moxie to neophyte

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1In the example "It took moxie to start the workshop with so little money.", what does moxie mean?A. Informal: courage, determination, and resourcefulness.B. A poem or song expressing sorrow, especially for someone who has died.C. A beginner or recent convert.D. Anxiety or fear about what may happen.

2In the example "The diary gives mundane chores the attention usually reserved for adventures.", what does mundane mean?A. Peaceful, happy, and prosperous, often in recollection.B. Ordinary or lacking excitement; also worldly rather than spiritual.C. Wastefully extravagant in spending or use of resources.D. Resembling or reverting to an ancestral or primitive pattern.

3In the example "The failed exhibition marked the nadir of his confidence.", what does nadir mean?A. A small room immediately beneath a roof.B. The representation of a quality in a person or of nonhuman things as having human qualities.C. The lowest point in a course of events or achievement.D. A temporary state of suspension or inactivity.

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