abstemiousness question

<p>was laconic one of the other answer choices for this question?</p>

<p>yes 10 char</p>

<p>do u rember the question?</p>

<p>It was something along the lines of a boy who would never drink anything stronger than green tea.</p>

<p>I didn't know for sure what abstemious meant, but I decided to associate it with the word "abstain," since they probably do share that root/meaning, and he was abstaining from anything stronger than tea.</p>

<p>Oh snap, I think I picked that too. It was for similar reasoning to Kaznack, that and I canceled out at least 3 of the other choices. Abstemious ftw?</p>

<p>i ithink i put abstemious, b/c in my kaplan book, i remember it saying something like "consuming in moderation"...</p>

<p>so consume=drink???? </p>

<p>but then again, i probably double guessed myself and did something stupid like "durrr.....laconic starts with L, and so does liquid, so it must be LACONIC!!!"" haha.</p>

<p>What, now we aren't sure if abstemious was right? It means, "moderate or sparse in eating or drinking" laconic means "concise, aprubt". How could it not be abstemious?</p>

<p>Thanks butternut cause I was about to look up laconic. I wasn't sure what abstemious meant during the test, but I'm nearly certain I chose it. Nah, it is settled that it was abstemious though.</p>

<p>ab·ste·mi·ous –adjective
1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.</p>

<p>I always thought abstemious meant staying away from alcohol. Similar meaning, but the dictionary has nothing to do with alcohol specifically.</p>

<p>Thats good, becuase I didn't want to have my 19/19 put into jeapardy. (how the heck do you spell that?!)</p>

<p>jeopardy lol</p>

<p>lol, I can never spell it...</p>