Word of the Day Practice for Semester Two Quiz One

A dissident is someone who ___________.

• disapproves

• dissents

• disguises

• disappears

If Jack the Ripper is infamous, he is ________________.

• famous for racing horses

• famous for serving his country

• famous for selling junk

• famous for bad things

"To bring to a state of peace" is to _____________.

• appease

• placate

• submit

• surrender

Heresy means _______________.

• an opinion in agreement with the accepted doctrine

• an opinion held by only one person

• an opinion at variance with the accepted doctrine

• an opinion held in high regard by a group of people

"My doctor has a brusque manner with his patients." The underlined word means ________________.

• kind

• blunt

• happy

• sad

"To alter or modify" is to __________.

• prevaricate

• digress

• appease

• amend

Someone who is disobedient can be called __________.

• intractable

• pious

• insubordinate

• brusque

If you know something word for word, you know it ___________.

• brusquely

• infamously

• piously

• verbatim

Animals who are not easily controlled are _____________.

• infamous

• insubordinate

• intractable

• pious

To prevaricate is __________.

• to cheat

• to lie

• to murder

• to steal