Units 5-8 Vocabulary Test

adj. related through the mother's side of the family; protecting, caring, nurturing, tender

• notorious

• radiant

• maternal

• vicious

Verb- to speculate or guess; to imagine

• presume

• patronize

• robust

• throb

adj.- strong and healthy; hardy, muscular

• notorious

• robust

• vicious

• radiant

Noun- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals

• uncertainty

• sham

• species

• melancholy

Adj. Shining brightly

• maternal

• robust

• radiant

• vicious

Verb- to look down upon or talk down to

• throb

• presume

• patronize

• notorious

Noun- something fake or bogus

• throb

• sham

• radiant

• melancholy

Adj.- typically well-known for something bad

• robust

• maternal

• notorious

• vicious

Noun- the state of being unsure

• species

• uncertainty

• melancholy

• sham

Verb- drum, pound, beat, pulse

• patronize

• sham

• presume

• throb