1) Congressional __________ for Representative Shirley Chisholm's bill to extend the minimum wage to domestic workers came after months of negotiation. a) clamor b) acclamation 2) The ABC story notes the growing _______ for free and fair elections. a) clamor b) declaim 3) The actor began to ________ his lines with great enthusiasm. a) forensic b) declaim 4) A specialist in ________ medicine testified that the victim had died from a rare poison. a) forensic b) forum 5) In the ________ of almost every city of the Roman Empire stood a statue of the reigning Caesar. a) lingo b) forum 6) She had to learn the local ________ to understand the street vendors. a) lingua franca b) lingo 7) French is used as a ______________ in the former French colonies of west and central Africa. a) lingua franca b) linguist 8) She became an impressive ________ after living in different countries for many years. a) circumlocution b) linguist 9) Instead of a ________ like "The medical profession disapproves of the use of tobacco by young people," just say "Doctors think kids shouldn't smoke." a) circumlocution b) colloquium 10) Ecologists and government officials attended a ________ on global warming. a) locution b) colloquium 11) His trademark ________, 'You're never too old to learn,' was a constant reminder to her to embrace new experiences. a) locution b) loquacious 12) At the party, I was stuck talking to the ________ woman everyone else was trying to avoid. a) proverbial b) loquacious 13) Our class has entered the __________ "senior slump," just marking time until graduation. a) verbatim b) proverbial 14) Who among us didn’t watch this movie so much, it could be recited ________? a) verbatim b) verbose 15) I tried to write a concise email, but it turned out to be quite ________. a) acclamation b) verbose

Lesson 8 Vocabulary sentences in context

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