Flocabulary - Transformation

The editor will ___ the very long article so it fits on one page.

• redact

• ostracize

• placate

Dr. Dre has a __________, vast collection of all white Air Force One's.

• latent

• voluminous

• verbose

The elderly man ________ the newspaper article trying to find the listings for this afternoon's movie times.

• perused

• placated

• pariah

Which of the following terms is an antonym for awkward, unhandy.

• ostracize

• commodious

• deft

Which vocabulary term best describes this scenario:

My baby brother refused to stop crying, so we gave him his pacifier and his teddy bear. Soon he was fast asleep.

• ostracize

• placate

• redact

the art of public speaking

• synopsis

• elocution

• circumlocution

Which of the following terms is a synonym for the words beat, lilt?

• cadence

• synopsis

• elocution

Ana was a ___ among the other girls in school; they ignored her.

• synopsis

• cadence

• pariah

Gold medalists from the Olympics receive praise for the rest of their lives because of their _____________ abilities.

• voluminous

• elocution

• meritorious

Hector wrote clearly and to the point, avoiding ___

• elocution

• circumlocution

• synopsis