English III/IIIC: Vocabulary Lesson 15

Ordinary or dull

• Pedestrian

• Pejorative

• Perfunctory

• Perspicacity

Having a negative effect; insulting

• Pedestrian

• Pejorative

• Perfunctory

• Querulous

Speaking negatively and making .... comments could damage someone's self-esteem.

• Pedestrian

• Pejorative

• Perfunctory

• Querulous

Damnation; ruin; hell

• Perdition

• Perspicacity

• Quagmire

• Quiddity

Done without care; in a routine fashion

• Pejorative

• Perfunctory

• Querulous

• Rakish

Brushing your teeth, eating cereal, and picking out socks are all activities that could be considered ....

• Pejorative

• Perfunctory

• Querulous

• Rakish

Keenness of judgment

• Pedestrian

• Perspicacity

• Peruse

• Quandary

Her ... when reading helped her to achieve a higher SAT score; she was astutely aware of the details.

• Perspicacity

• Perusement

• Quandary

• Quiddity

To read carefully; scrutinize

• Peruse

• Quasi

• Ratiocinate

• Rationalize

While ... the book The Great Gatsby, many readers discover the symbolic elements of the colors Fitzgerald chose.

• Perusing

• Quasing

• Ratiocinating

• Rationalizing