Vocab Unit Eight, 2019

Her self confidence was utterly X when the director told her that she had been cast only because her mother was so pushy.

• decimated

• assuaged

• faltered

• purported

Shelly's claim that her science fair project had been sabotaged was deemed X by the judges, as there had been no one allowed in the classroom where she did her work.

• specious

• unctuous

• asynchronous

• ignominious

Which is an example of antithesis?

• Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

• I could sleep for a year; I was so tired.

• Lock, stock, and barrel.

• Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

  Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.

Henry's courage did not X, even in the face of the jeering crowds, and he went on to give a speech that spoke truth to power.

• falter

• assuage

• decimate

• purport

Best description for the man on the right.

• unctuous

• ignominious

• asynchronous

• conundrum

The man is experiencing

• ignominy

• nuance

• artifice

• panacea

The woman on the right is

• recalcitrant

• on the periphery

• unctuous

• in a conundrum

Many people believe that having more money will be the X to all their difficulties. Though it might solve some issues--or even many--it won't save you from your core problems.

• panacea

• periphery

• artifice

• ignominy

Earl was an extreme pragmatist, some might say a soulless one, and anything that did not have a clear explanation was "pointless." He had no appreciation for the X of life. As a result, he had a very difficult time making and retaining friends because he was an unsympathetic listener.

• nuances

• artifices

• conundrums

• peripheries

Intended to X a headache

• assuage

• decimate

• falter

• purport