Unit 17 vocab practice

Which of the following two words are antonyms?

• conspicuous and clandestine

• despondent and skeptical

• malevolent and complacent

• vociferous and respite

It is important that our achievements do not make us _____________. There is still work to do.

• vociferous

• daunt

• torpid

• complacent

Which of the following is an antonym for respite?

• break

• blessing

• start

• predicament

What he once believed to be a _________________, he now believes to be a truth.

• respite

• fallacy

• travesty

• quagmire

The words predicament, dilemma, quandary, jam, and plight are synonyms for _________.

• travesty

• daunt

• curtail

• quagmire

Skeptical is to leery as despondent is to: ________________

• forlorn

• joyful

• obvious

• secret

At the concert, the performers encouraged _______________ behavior from the audience.

They wanted the building to be as loud as it could be.

• complacent

• terse

• conspicuous

• vociferous

Which of the following is a synonym for daunt?

• reduce

• frighten

• lazy

• calm

The word daunt means __________________.

• to reduce

• exaggeration

• to intimidate

• easily seen

It was a _________________ that she won. Her work was horrible.

• quagmire

• skeptical

• travesty

• respite