Unwind vocabulary list 3

Unwind vocabulary list 3

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Havoc

• Noun: widespread destruction.

• catastrophe, damage, ruin, destroy

• chaos, disorder

Havoc

Covid has wreaked havoc on all of our lives in some way and our plans for the future.

Multiple Choice

Which our the following choices might not wreak havoc?

• Hurricane

• Car crash

• Tsunami

• Job promotion

Naive

• having or showing a lack of experience

• showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment.

• someone who believes what people say, never being skeptical; an innocent.

• lack of understanding sophistication, often in a context where one neglects pragmatism in favor of moral idealism.

Naive

It is dangerous to be gullible or naive because there are so many who are ready to deceive.

Multiple Choice

Which quality is not associated with being naive?

• Inexperienced

• easier to fool

• skeptical

• believes what they are told

Longstanding

• adjective

  having existed or continued for a long time.

• established

• enduring

• constant

Longstanding

People have been battling the longstanding injustices embedded in our Nation. Justice is supposed to be blind but it seems that those with more money and privilege are treated differently.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of longstanding?

• The Grand Canyon

• Niagara Falls

• The Roman Colosseum

• The Mile High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain

Mull

• verb

• to think over

• ponder

• consider

• contemplate

Mull

Sometimes I need a quiet place when I want to mull a situation over.

Multiple Choice

Which word is the opposite of MULL?

• analyze

• ponder

• impulsive

• evaluate

Barrage

• noun: a concentrated artillery bombardment over a wide area.

• verb: bombard (someone) with something.

• Synonyms

• bombardment, flood,

• onslaught, pelt

Barrage

The barrage of meteorites decimated the city.

Multiple Choice

Which is choice best exemplifies barrage?

Multiple Choice

Which best exemplifies barrage?

Petty

• adjective

• having little or no importance or significance, minor

• trifling inconsequential, trivial

• negligible, insignificant

Petty

People may call you petty if there is a more mature way to deal with a small, inconsequential problem but you make a big deal out of it.

Multiple Choice

What is petty about this picture?

• There are copyright issues with sharing pictures.

• You don't have permission to share everyone's face.

• It is a huge inconvenience to send a group photo to the other people in the group.

• It is not a big deal to send a group picture to all of the people in the group.

Aftermath

• noun

• the consequences or aftereffects of a significant unpleasant event.

• repercussions

• fallout

• aftereffects

Aftermath

The aftermath of the winter storms in TX includes loss of life, people's true character revealed, a better understanding of the importance of funding/maintaining the power grid, and the knowledge that there are working wind turbines in Antarctica.

Multiple Choice

Which choice does not use aftermath correctly?

• Asia-Pacific growth was stunted at 2.5% in the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy.

• The aftermath of the wedding led to may dates.

• The aftermath of the explosion was malodorous and chaotic.

• There are still mild tremors being felt in the aftermath of the main earthquake.

Incoherence

• noun

• the quality of being illogical, inconsistent, or unclear.

  inability to speak intelligibly.

Incoherence

Maybe the language sounds incoherent because you never studied it, you never learned the language.

Multiple Choice

Which choice is likely to be incoherent?

• Class work typed on the computer.

• Class work carefully written by hand.

• Class work completed on the bus ride to school the morning it is due.

Adjacent

• adjective

• next to or adjoining something else.

• abutting, alongside

Adjacent

I am hesitant to move into a townhome because the owner of the adjacent home could be a nightmare neighbor.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices is not an example of adjacent?

Devise

• verb

• to plan or to invent

• to form in the mind by new combinations

Devise

The plan they devised was even more cunning than any ruse I ever conceived.

Multiple Choice

Which choice is an example of devise?

• She planned a party.

• She went on a spontaneous trip.

• He impulsively ran across the street.

• Without thinking, he made his choice.