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Music of Poetry Word Quiz

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There's music in words, especially in the cadences of poetry,
from which the verbs in this quiz come. How many do you know?


1. vegetate - A: to be passive. B: be health conscious.
C: eat no meat. D: rest.

2. sedate - A: to calm. B: give up. C: sit. D: keep under
control.

3. stipulate - A: to undertake. B: be firm. C: specify.
D: fasten tightly.

4. acclimate - A: to moderate. B: acquire. C: reach a climax.
D: adapt to.

5. berate - A: to underestimate. B: scold. C: make the cry
of a donkey. D: classify.

6. relegate - A: to control by rules. B: act as a spokesman.
C: put off or delay. D: send away.

7. equivocate - A: to stir up. B: be evasive. C: balance out.
D: see all sides of a question.

8. renovate - A: to change. B: restore. C: replace.
D: examine.

9. precipitate - A: to cause to happen. B: leap. C: clarify.
D: make public.

10. exonerate - A: to become larger. B: free from blame.
C: compliment excessively. D: destroy utterly.

11. innovate - A: to give courage to. B: study the cosmos.
C: re-establish. D: introduce something new.

12. extrapolate - A: to firm up. B: estimate. C: remove from.
D: add to.

13. satiate - A: to desire. B: be cruel. C: use ridicule.
D: glut.

14. recapitulate - A: to surrender. B: be indecisive.
C: summarize. D: retract.

15. undulate - A: to quiver and quake. B: move in waves.
C: revolve around. D: become seasick.

16. gesticulate - A: to frown. B: develop slowly. C: make
expressive gestures. D: pronounce distinctly.

17. immolate - A: to offer in sacrifice. B: keep from moving.
C: immerse completely. D: shield from.

18. militate - A: to challenge. B: lay down the law.
C: arbitrate. D: influence against.

19. crenelate - A: to wrinkle. B: notch. C: decorate with
ribbons. D: do brain studies.

20. perpetuate - A: to cause to continue. B: sulk.
C: impose. D: bring about.

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