Beowulf Unit 2

Multiple Choice

My attempt to __________________ information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.

• simulate

• assuage

• transcend

• elicit

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to bring out a response, to evoke

• elicit

• desiccate

• incessant

• banter

Multiple Choice

epitome

• perfect model

• main cause

• after effect

Multiple Choice

The whopper is the ___________ of all cheeseburgers.

• occult

• drivel

• occult

• epitome

Fill in the Blanks

Because our mayor is the

of a good citizen, he has been in office for over ten years.

Multiple Choice

(v) To use words or arguments to incite one to do something

• Evoke
• Enigma
• Exhort
• Explicit

Multiple Choice

Parents sometimes use Santa as a way to ______ their children into being good.

• exhort
• extentuate
• expedite
• enhance

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bring oneself into favor by flattering or trying to please others

• demeaned

• assiduous

• ingratiate

• burgeoning

Fill in the Blanks

Since the new teacher failed to

herself with the students, she found it hard to maintain an orderly classroom.

Multiple Choice

insinuate, suggestion, insult

• Garrulous
• Elusive
• Innuendo
• Echolalia

Fill in the Blanks

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

How can you accuse me of employing an(umbrage, innuendo) when I am saying in the plainest possible language that I think you're a crook?

Match

Match the following vocab words to the definition.

• elicit

• innuendo

• epitome

• exhort

• ingratiate

to inspire or obtain a response

a comment that hurts one's reputation

a perfect example

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

• to inspire or obtain a response

• a comment that hurts one's reputation

• a perfect example

• to urge strongly, advise earnestly

• to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others

Poll

Determine if it shows intrinsic or extrinsic motivation.

You love learning.

• Intrinsic

• Extrinsic

Multiple Choice

of or relating to a thing's basic nature

• extrinsic

• servile

• risible

• intrinsic

Fill in the Blanks

After being on an airplane for nearly twenty-four hours, Henry is a bit

and never wants to travel again.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of the word 'jaded'?

• Causing shock, horror, revulsion

• Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

• Wearied, worn-out, dulled

• Peevish, annoyed by trifles

Multiple Choice

For those not wanting meat, soy burgers _____ real beef.

• simulate
• succumb
• surmise
• grimace

Multiple Choice

The body is kept in a museum in Bolzano. The conditions there _____________ as closely as possible those where the body was found.

• simulate

• clad

• corroborate

• dehydrate

Multiple Choice

definition: to guess, without having proof

• stringent

• surmise

• infringe

• ingratiate

Multiple Choice

How many M&Ms are in the jar? To answer, you must __________.

• surmise

• occult

• ameliorate

• permeate

Multiple Select

Which word is most closely related to 'transcend'?

• Equal

• Fall short

• Exceed

• Surpass

Multiple Choice

There is some music that ______ cultural boundaries. It can even connect people that speak different languages.

• sound

• scarcity

• transcends

• scale

Match

Match the following

• jaded

• intrinsic

• transcend

• simulate

• surmise

tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm

belonging naturally; essential

to surpass or exceed

to imitate

to suppose something is true; infer

• tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm

• belonging naturally; essential

• to surpass or exceed

• to imitate

• to suppose something is true; infer