Vocabulary Quiz #12 - Semester 2 - 9 Honors

Match the word surge with the CORRECT definition.

• to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value

• to incite or rouse

• to cause to exist or to develop

• easily broken, cracked, or snapped

Match the word goad with the CORRECT definition.

• to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value

• to incite or rouse

• to cause to exist or to develop

• easily broken, cracked, or snapped

Match the word engender with the CORRECT definition.

• to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value

• to incite or rouse

• to cause to exist or to develop

• easily broken, cracked, or snapped

Match the word brittle with the CORRECT definition.

• to rise suddenly to an excessive or abnormal value

• to incite or rouse

• to cause to exist or to develop

• easily broken, cracked, or snapped

Match the word wary with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being at once relevant and appropriate

• showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Match the word monolithic with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being at once relevant and appropriate

• showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Match the word germane with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being at once relevant and appropriate

• showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Match the word assiduous with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being at once relevant and appropriate

• showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Match the word guttural with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable

• showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application

Match the word petulant with the CORRECT definition.

• marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

• constituting a massive undifferentiated and often rigid whole

• being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable

• insolent or rude in speech or behavior