Question

Which sentence uses the italicized vocabulary word correctly?

a) The teen pop star was infamous for wild parties and driving under the influence of alcohol.

b) You can kindle a fire by dousing it with water.

c) Couplets are composed of four-line rhyming stanzas

d) Latoya was told she earned 100% on her science test, and left the classroom feeling incredibly deceitful about her grade.

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is - a) The teen pop star was infamous for wild parties and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Infamous means to be well known for something bad: in A, the celebrity is famous because of his/her wild lifestyle. B is incorrect because you can put off a fire by doing that, and not kindle it. C is incorrect because couplets consist of two lines, not four (that would be a quatrain). D is incorrect because deceitful would mean that she cheated somebody, when in fact, she felt delightful about her score.