Vocabulary 9 and 10 Test

tediously chatty, given to much talking

• contentious

• sonorous

• sinuous

• garrulous

period of relief or rest

• retribution

• exponent

• respite

• allure

to affirm openly; to claim, pretend

• acquiesce

• covet

• allure

• profess

to entice, tempt; to be attractive to; strong attraction; the power to charm

• crestfallen

• allure

• profess

• askew

cheerful, lighthearted; unconcerned

• contentious

• lamentable

• insuperable

• blithe

desire something belonging to another

• allure

• acquiesce

• covet

• profess

When he told me that he was reading Huckleberry Finn for the ninth time, I realized that he was indeed a(n) ___ admirer of the novel.

• ardent

• poignant

• copious

• sophomoric

Remembering my old friend as a robust 200-pounder, I was shocked to see how _____ he had become during the long illness.

• emaciated

• allocated

• deviated

• exulted

If you were as ___ in studying foreign affairs as you are in memorizing batting averages, you would have known how to reply to his comments on the situation in the Middle East.

• assiduous

• omnipotent

• ardent

• copious

Most of the poetry written by the students was_________, filled with powerful imagery that conveyed a surprising depth of emotion.

• poignant

• assiduous

• omnipotent

• palatable