Vocabulary Study Guide Sophomores

Vocabulary Study Guide

Each week I will add the new set of vocabulary terms from class​

Multiple Choice

The candidate for governor lost voter approval when her malicious ____ about immigration was posted on youtube.

• ubiquitous

• pernicious

• diatribe

• sycophant

• non sequitur

​hone

​slightly rude in speech or manner ​

​brusque

Set # 1 Words

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​to sharpen or make more pointed

​​extremely unpleasant or distasteful

​odious

​to support ​

​espouse

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​all future generations ​

​posterity

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Multiple Choice

The athlete got arrested for participating in the _____ sport of dog fighting.

• brusque

• hone

• espouse

• odious

• posterity

Multiple Choice

If you have a video camera, record the show for ______.

• brusque

• hone

• espouse

• odious

• posterity

Multiple Choice

In order to produce quality shots, you need to ____ your color skills.

• brusque

• hone

• espouse

• odious

• posterity

Multiple Choice

Some religions that______reincarnation also believe that you could just as easily return as a plant, animal or even an insect.

• brusque

• hone

• espouse

• odious

• posterity

Multiple Choice

______, impatient and sarcastic, his often abrasive manner rubbed many crewmembers the wrong way.

• brusque

• hone

• espouse

• odious

• posterity

Match

Match the following

• hone

• traverse

• posterity

• diatribe

• non sequitur

to make more pointed

to travel across or through

all future generations

a forceful and bitter verbal attack

a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

• to make more pointed

• to travel across or through

• all future generations

• a forceful and bitter verbal attack

• a statement that does not logically follow a conversation's flow

Set #2 Words ​

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​lithe

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​transgress

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​emotionally uninvolved

​aloof​

​

​artificially sweet

​Saccharine ​

​Set #2 Words

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​traverse

​

​to travel through or across

Multiple Choice

My mother-in-law's ______ smile convinced me she was lying.

• traverse

• lithe

• saccharine

• aloof

• transgress

Multiple Choice

There are legal consequences for companies that _____ federal laws.

• traverse

• lithe

• saccharine

• aloof

• transgress

Multiple Choice

The co-workers at my new job were polite but somewhat ____.

• traverse

• lithe

• saccharine

• aloof

• transgress

Multiple Choice

The ballerina's ____ body seemed to defy the laws of physics.

• traverse

• lithe

• saccharine

• aloof

• transgress

Multiple Choice

I had to ____ the tangle of picnic tables as I made my way to my friends.

• traverse

• lithe

• saccharine

• aloof

• transgress

Match

Match the following

• brusque

• aloof

• pernicious

• odious

• transgress

slightly rude in speech or manner

emotionally uninvolved

intending to cause harm

extremely unpleasant

to break a rule or boundary

• slightly rude in speech or manner

• emotionally uninvolved

• intending to cause harm

• extremely unpleasant

• to break a rule or boundary

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extremely angry ​

livid

​

regarded as too important to be changed or ​interfered with.

Holy ​

​sacrosanct

Set 3 Vocab Words

Set 4 ​

​​showing great wealth or luxury

​opulent ​

not able to seen through; transparent

​opaque

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​trite

​lacking originality or flair; overused

Multiple Choice

An individual's freedom of speech is held as ____ in the United States.

• sacrosanct

• livid

• opaque

• opulent

• trite

Multiple Choice

The Hollywood starlet was ____ at being left off the famous guestlist.

• sacrosanct

• livid

• opaque

• opulent

• trite

Multiple Choice

The prom couples enjoyed to ____ feeling of their posh limousine.

• sacrosanct

• livid

• opaque

• opulent

• trite

Multiple Choice

The ___glass used in the people's bathroom ensured the guests' privacy.

• sacrosanct

• livid

• opaque

• opulent

• trite

Multiple Choice

A good writer works to avoid ___ ideas.

• sacrosanct

• livid

• opaque

• opulent

• trite

reserving in censure or condemnation

​nullify

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​labyrinth

​reprehensible

a complicated, irregular network of passage or paths

to make no use of ​

completely lacking in subtlety

​blatant

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​plausible

seeming reasonable or probable

Match

Match the following

• nullify

• reprehensible

• labyrinth

• plausible

• blatant

to make no use of

deserving censure or condemnation

a complicated, irregular network of passages or paths

seeming reasonable or probable

completely lacking in subtlety

• to make no use of

• deserving censure or condemnation

• a complicated, irregular network of passages or paths

• seeming reasonable or probable

• completely lacking in subtlety

cancellation or delay of a punshiment ​

reprieve ​

​

to cover completely ​

​enshroud

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a large number of something, almost to excess ​

plethora ​

​

the state of being slow, long, or dull ​

tedium ​

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blithe ​

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showing a casual or cheerful indifference ​

Multiple Choice

Heavy gray fog _____ed the entire valley between the mountains.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• enshroud

• reprieve

Multiple Choice

An iPad can help fill the ____ of a travel day.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• enshroud

• reprieve

Multiple Choice

The wealthy heiress showed a ___ disregard for the laws of the road when she just inserted her car into merging traffic.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• enshroud

• reprieve

Multiple Choice

The family facing eviction was given a two-month ___ by the landlord.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• enshroud

• reprieve

Multiple Choice

When I entered Powell's sweet shop, I was greeted by walls and rows, a ____ of sugary treats.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• enshroud

• reprieve

Match

Match the following following vocabulary word to the correct synonyms.

• blithe

• plethora

• tedium

• reprieve

• enshroud

carefree

abundance

boredom

pardon

hide

• carefree

• abundance

• boredom

• pardon

• hide

to strengthen by heating and then cooling

hone/toughen

temper

lacking in vitality, force, or conviction.

Dull/uninspired

​lackluster

Set # 6

to strengthen by heating and then cooling

hone/toughen

bolster

the pursuit of pleasure

sensualism/debauchery

hedonism

Set # 6

lament

to express one's deep grief

mourn/bawl

Dropdown

We could make no excuses for our team's ​​ ​ ​ ​

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performance.

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The broken man ​

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the death of his favorite dog.

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Enduring difficult times will help ​

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one's soul.

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Las Vegas is marketed as a beacon of ​

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She needed to ​

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her argument with clear facts.

​Set #7

Match

Match the following

• epicure

• curtail

• boorish

• tenuous

• vindicate

someone who knows a lot about food or drink

to reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

rude or unmannerly

insubstantial; in need of strengthening

remove blame or suspicion

• someone who knows a lot about food or drink

• to reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

• rude or unmannerly

• insubstantial; in need of strengthening

• remove blame or suspicion