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Today Sue Fairchild’s A to Z blog challenge begins with the letter A. Sue gave me a schedule that stretches into October with instructions to write about anything beginning with that week’s featured letter. (The schedule is included at the bottom of this post.)

I thought about making a list of things that annoy me, but I thought the list itself might annoy you. Then I considered writing about angels. I may do that eventually, but not today. I finally settled on Vocabulary Workshop words that start with A.

 For several years as an “acting English teacher,” I enjoyed using Jerome Shostak’s Vocabulary Workshop series. In fact, I even created St. Jerome’s Vocabulary Coterie and St. Jerome’s Elite Vocabulary Coterie to honor students best described as smartypants.

So I was happy today to revisit the series and amazed to see all the online components available.  I created a quiz for you, my blog readers, using 15 Level G words. I made it super easy with only two options per word. Choose the correct option and determine if you, too, are a smartypants.

1. acquisitive

likes to take a quiz

likes to acquire stuff

2. arrogate

a gate protected by archers

to claim presumptuously

3. accost

the price of an item

to confront boldly

4. animadversion

criticism

opposite of anigladversion

5. avid

enthusiastic

something you play in your VHS player

6. articulate

opposite of articuearly

clearly spoken

7. asseverate

to declare earnestly

to remove hindquarters

8. atrophy

what you get at the sports banquet

what happens to your muscles when you give up sports

9. acuity

a good looking guy

sharp vision to notice the guy

10. abject

utterly hopeless

what your defense attorney does

11. allay

a narrow road

to lessen or relieve something

12. allege

what the pigeons sit on

to assert without proof

13. arrant

when your teacher won’t stop yelling at you

thorough

14. acclamation

a loud shout of approval

a loud shout at a clam bake

15. askance

with suspicion

what your virus protection runs

How did you do? No, I’m not giving you the answers! Go to www.dictionary.com like I did.

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Here’s the Blog Challenge Chart. 

What would you like me to write about? Keeping with the theme of my blog (wit, words, and the Word), it should be witty, wordy, or about the Word. I welcome your suggestions. Thanks.

Here’s a link to Sue Fairchild’s blog:  https://suessimplesnippets.wordpress.com/

Here’s a link to Vocabulary Workshop:  http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/