English IV Vocabulary Quiz 3, Spring 2020

Synonym for Slipshod

• Botched or sloppy

• Exact or perfect

• Intelligent or erudite

• Mindless or foolish

There is a feeling of ________________ between the brother and sister; you see it all the time in the way they fight.

• precursor

• diatribe

• antipathy

• perniciousness

Define Pernicious:

• Intending to cause harm

• Someone who uses flattery to get what he/she wants

• Appearing everywhere

• Unable to be soothed

Noun - thunderous verbal attack

• Antipathy

• Diatribe

• Precursor

• Non Sequitur

I know that Jeff is smart, so I was confused when he did such a vacuous thing as to jump off the roof of our house.

In this sentence, the word vacuous means:

• outstanding

• foolish

• cowardly

• annoying