Vocab Semester 1 E1A Practice

Which words have a positive connotation

• trite

• amiable

• tongue-in-cheek

• satirical

• condescending

• aloof

• subjective

• ambivalent

Not knowing anyone at her new school, the student was seen as ______ because she didn’t talk to anyone.

• objective

• aloof

• trite

• resentful

Bob's mansplaining and _____ attitude frustrated Natalie since she was the far more experienced engineer.

• condescending

• eudite

• formal

• understated

I don't think there's another band in existence capable of producing such a/an _____________reaction in me; I love half their songs and hate the other half.

• effusive

• resigned

• diadactic

• ambivalent

• pretentious

• overstated

• flippant

• reflective

• flippant

• emphatic

• waning

• elevated

The university put together a distinguished and _______ team of experts to discuss the issue of complex issues in the global financial markets.

• amiable

• satiric

• erudite

• journalistic

What is a synonym of waning?

• growing

• declining

What is an antonym of resigned?

• accepted

• protested