Words of the Day (Jan 2021) - quiz B

We hoped ________ a little sun but it just kept raining.

1. about
2. for
3. in
4. of

Sometimes companies come up with innovative strategies to woo ________.

1. advertisements
2. customers
3. expenses
4. prices

He felt a ________ of jealousy when he saw his girlfriend talking to that guy.

1. hue
2. shade
3. tinge
4. tint

He was one of the nation's leading microbiologists, a ________ scientist in his field.

1. renewed
2. renounced
3. renovated
4. renowned

I needed to cross the street but there wasn't a ________ in sight.

1. catwalk
2. crosswalk
3. roadwalk
4. sidewalk

The salad had florets of ________ in it.

1. broccoli
2. carrots
3. cucumber
4. mushrooms

I read the instructions but I was none ________ for it.

1. but the wise
2. the wise
3. the wiser
4. too wiser

Please do not ________ farther than the buoys.

1. climb up
2. look
3. swim out
4. walk

‘Lo Imposible’ is a ________ movie about a tsunami in Thailand.

1. catastrophe
2. catastrophic
3. disaster
4. disastrous

He was not a man of great ________. Just the opposite, he was a coward.

1. courage
2. health
3. renown
4. wealth