Mixed doubles Flashcards
Bovina felt that a thunderstorm was (feasible/possible)
possible
-feasible means practical
Although it defended its practices as highly (moral/moralistic), Greenwood Construction Inc. was nevertheless (censored/censured) in the press for violating building codes
moral
censured
- censored=ban
- censured=criticize
The law firm of Shortbrief, Hightab & O’Barratry (constantly/continually/continuously) files lawsuits against the local newspaper for (inferring/implying) that the firm is dishonest. Although the lawsuits presented (evidence/proof) by arguing that the jury rule against the newspaper, the verdict was (innocent/not guilty)
continually
implying
- inferring=made by the reader
- implying=made by the writer
evidence
-proof=result
not guilty
Yet The Daily Prevaricator continues its front-page (calumny/libel/slander) against the law firm.
libel
- calumny=religious take
- libel=speaking/writing an untruth
- slander=not published
Whinewell, Fogmore, Plead & Hector have been retained as (attorneys/lawyers) by the paper because they charge the lowest prices for (duplication/duplicity) of legal forms.
lawyers
duplication
-duplicity=lying
Miniver built a (model/replica) of the Mayflower, the great English (boat/ship). But it was ruined when it (floundered/foundered in his bathtub).
model
-replica=original
ship
foundered
-floundered=flail
Slackbridge’s union (composes/comprises/constitutes/is comprised of) four trade associations.
comprises
After Floatsam fell of the (dock/pier/wharf), Jetsam jumped (in/into) the harbor to save her.
pier
into
-into is a movement
Bullstorde thought that Supercilia (flaunted/flouted) her charms
flaunted
Quilp’s speech is a (masterful/masterly) argument for philanthropy; his data (are/is) especially cogent. In his bequest he wrote the sum of his gift in (numbers/numerals)
masterly
are
numerals
Bucolic State University’s most (forcible/forceful) lecturer is Professor Droning.
forceful
- forcible=violent/physical
- forceful=powerful/intellectual
Grogsworth’s motorcycle (careened/careered/caromed) directly down the steep lane
careered
-direct path
Although he has (drank/drunk) only root beer for dinner at the Hoof and Mouth Pub, Groggy was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
drunk
Bombasta thought herself (partially/partly) responsible for her roommate’s deafness
partly
- partially=bias
- partly=in part/not whole
Squanderfield Federal conducted a (full/fulsome) review of Palump’s loan application.
full
-fulsome=over done
Fawna’s toadying is (contemptible/contemptuous)
contemptible
Until then it had been a very (reliable/reliant) company)
reliable
Pondersmith was (homing/honing) in on a solution to the problem
homing
- homing=zone in
- honing=sharpen
Spendmore refused to live within the (parameters/perimeter) of his means.
perimeter
And to impress them, he recited a (quotation/quote) from Shakespeare.
quotation
In the hallway the campus police confiscated the skateboard from (its/it’s) owner, Dean Dolittle.
its
But the dean refused to surrender his (principals/principles) about indoor leisure.
principles
The (alumnae/alumni) of a sorority praised Zuegma for her (simple/simplistic) solution to the urn display and named her (alumna/alumnus) of the decade.
alumnae
simple
alumna
Professor Pastisnowski compared the British Parliament (to/with) the U.S. Congress, but Anarchia thought that Congress to be rather (different from/different than) its counterpart. She then pointed out that the United States is officially a (democracy/republic), not a constitutional monarchy, But the professor got the (penultimate/ultimate) word.
with
different from
republic
ultimate
-penultimate=second to last
Climaxing his lecture, Dr. Bland compared the human heart (to/with) a water pump.
to
- use with when the same
- use to when different
- than initiates a simile
(disinterested/uninterested) in the (tepid/vapid) lecture, Bruno nodded,
uninterested
vapid
-empty
The reason that Swithin failed the Freudian quiz was (because/that) he had
that
-the reason is never because
After Chauncy Choakum was (hanged/hung) at dawn
hanged
The (enormity/enormousness) of Comatoase State’s new stadium amazed everyone
enormousness
-enormity=related to crime
The marching band moved (farther/further) down the field than did the sloth’s offense
farther
Pompey divided the last of the walnuts (among/between) Copia, Cicero, and himself.
among
Heathcliff and Cain came to fistcuffs over their spirited (judgements/judgments) about destiny in our host’s reproduction of The Peaceable Kingdom. Announcing that she had (an issue/a problem) with the boys’ conduct, Ultimata demanded that they leave immediately and include the incident on any future (resume/resume) -[one apostrophe over the last E or apostrophe over both E’s]
Judgments
a problem
-an issue=subject
“(Can/May) I speak with Dean Muckall?” “This is (he/him),” the dean snapped, “And the name is (enunciated/pronounced) ‘M’Call.”
May
He
pronounced
“Are you (inferring/implying) that I’m dishonest?”
implying
-inferring=take from
A toxology major, Mandrake is (currently/presently) employed as a dessert chef
currently
- currently=now
- presently=in the future/soon
Turnus (deployed/employed) a great (amount/number) of yellow-jacketed (lead/led) dragoons of the “Thou Shalt Not Kill”
deployed
- deployed=positon
- employed=hire
number
- both relate to quantity
- numbers can be counted
lead
- lead=metal
- led=past verb of lead
He got extremely (aggravated/annoyed) when Zeno’s
annoyed
- aggravated=intensify
- annoyed=irritated
And Zeno got (angry/mad) when Turnus smashed his commune of tin pacifist.
angry
- angry=upset
- mad=insane
to play a war game. The lads were precociously (chauvinistic/jingoistic).
Jingoistic
- chauvinistic=agrees with every policy in their country
- jingoistic=loving war
Palladia has (authored/written) the prize senior thesis in architecture. (architect/ the architect) Christopher Robin read the commendation at the honors ceremony.
written
-authored=noun
the architect
-architect=not a title, its a job
being used in the construction of the new state (capital/capitol)
capitol
- capital=place
- capitol=building
Governor Graftsby (cited/sighted/sited) her works and said that it would beautifully (complement/compliment) the Bauhaus style of the city.
cited
- cited=credited
- sighted=saw
- sited=situated
compliment
- complement=complete
- compliment=praise
But the major news media (oppose/opposes) his candidacy in spite of his party’s
oppose
Neither he nor Graftsby (speak/speaks) well before television cameras.
speaks
Urban disliked (him/his) tobacco-chewing in the top bunk. The freshmen also differed (from/with) each other on where to place the spittoon.
his
with
Although his professor enjoyed great (celebrity/fame/notoriety) as an
celebrity
- fame=past
- notoriety=negative
Swinburne was (prejudice/prejudiced) against Kantian philosophy
prejudiced
- prejudice=noun
- prejudiced=adjective
His term paper for metaphysics was full of droll (quotations/quotes) from Sir Arthur Wing Pinero.
quotations
If I (was/were) you, I’d go to (college/school) at Transcendental State U.
were
-because of If
college
- college=collegiate
- school=leisure
On the first day of Animal Husbandry class, students were asked to complete a form that included their checking a box designating their (gender/sex). “I gave (an issue/ a problem) with this question
sex
a problem
-issue=subject
Professor Randyforth answered that one purpose of the course is to (address/study) male and female attitudes toward raising barnyard animals.
study
She disliked this (type/ type of) decision.
type of
Bitterscreed boarded an Icarus Airlines 747 to ponder whether his judgments were (based off/based on) his studies of probability.
based on
-impossible to based off
Lecturing on the development of English, Semantica said that its orgin o base is (French/German/Latin) She noted further that the language in Shakespear’s time was in its (Old English/ Middle English/Modern English) period. Her next lecture on (philology/philosophy) centered (around/on) the value of (entomologies/etymologies) in the Oxford English Dicitionary.
German
-English=German
Modern English
philology
on
-center is a point
etymologies
- etymologies=origin of words
- entomologies=branch of zoology
Professor I. M. Flexible thinks his grades to be most (equable/equitable) of the faculty.
equitable
- equable=unvarying
- equitable=fair
Many of the proper names in the sentences above are example of (eponyms/portmanteau words/ Rednde [“reading”] words).
Redende [“reading”] words
