9th Vocab Unit 7 - Slides & Quiz

Multiple Choice

As my friends boarded the airplane, I waved and shouted, “_____! Have a safe trip.”

• Adieu

• Advent

• Assimilate

• Bogus

Multiple Choice

advent

• an arrival

• the highest point, tip

• to absorb fully or make one’s own; to adopt as one’s own; to adapt fully

• false, counterfeit

Multiple Choice

When the head of your golf club reaches the _____ of the swing, pause for a second before you begin the downward motion.

• apex

• advent

• bogus

• assimilate

Multiple Choice

to absorb fully or make one’s own; to adopt as one’s own; to adapt fully

• assimilate

• bogus

• exorbitant

• interim

Multiple Choice

bogus

• false, counterfeit

• unreasonably high; excessive

• the time between

• to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

Multiple Choice

exorbitant

• unreasonably high; excessive

• the time between

• to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

• to speak evil of, slander

Multiple Choice

Many students take jobs during the _____ between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next.

• interim

• inundate

• malign

• meander

Multiple Choice

to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

• inundate

• malign

• meander

• metropolis

Multiple Choice

malign

• to speak evil of, slander

• to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

• to wander about, wind about

• dangerous

Multiple Choice

meander

• to wander about, wind about

• a large city; the chief city of an area

• very important

• noisy, unruly, disorderly

Multiple Choice

metropolis

• a large city; the chief city of an area

• very important

• noisy, unruly, disorderly

• thoughtful; melancholy

Multiple Choice

The difficult choice between going to college and getting a job is indeed a _____ one for a young person.

• momentous

• obstreperous

• pensive

• perilous

Multiple Choice

obstreperous

• noisy, unruly, disorderly

• thoughtful; melancholy

• dangerous

• of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

Multiple Choice

pensive

• thoughtful; melancholy

• dangerous

• of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

Multiple Choice

How can you criticize me for the way I behaved during the emergency when you yourself have never been in so _____ a position?

• perilous

• shoddy

• sprightly

• surly

Multiple Choice

shoddy

• of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

• angry and bad-tempered; rude

• a long, angry speech, usually very critical

Multiple Choice

lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

• sprightly

• surly

• tirade

• vagrant

Multiple Choice

surly

• angry and bad-tempered; rude

• a long, angry speech, usually very critical

• an idle wanderer, tramp

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

Multiple Choice

tirade

• a long, angry speech, usually very critical

• an idle wanderer, tramp

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful

• of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship

Multiple Choice

vagrant

• an idle wanderer, tramp

• a long, angry speech, usually very critical

• angry and bad-tempered; rude

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful