Vocabulary Review, Unit 1

new to something

• fledgling

• opulence

• voluminous

• hackneyed

overused; stale; trite

• supplant

• affinity

• unassailable

• hackneyed

large in size

• voluminous

• proximity

• incessant

• opulence

incessant

• beginning

• nonstop

• closeness

• attraction

Some writers have an ____ for long, unusual words; using elevated vocabulary comes naturally to them.

• progeny

• brevity

• affinity

• eloquent

The ____ of Cinderella's Castle left me speechless; I had never seen something with such grandeur.

• brevity

• respite

• opulence

• coalesce

CORRECT or INCORRECT: Belinda was unscathed by the bad news; she cried for days and never left her room.

• correct

• incorrect

CORRECT or INCORRECT: Using theatre jargon, the director told the audience that the best seats were at "stage right" and "downstage left".

• Correct

• Incorrect

CORRECT or INCORRECT: Big-end Hollywood movies like the Ocean's Eleven glorify heists and other criminal acts, but those movies sure are entertaining...

• Correct

• Incorrect

CORRECT or INCORRECT: Small children rarely writhe in places like church or restaurants, content with sitting still and listening.

• correct

• incorrect