Vocabulary Book Three Pretest (5-8)

Choose the best definition for the following word: impair

• (v) to strengthen; to cause to become strong

• (v) to weaken; to cause to become worse

• (v) to remove offensive passages of a play or novel

• (v) to ask persistently; to beg

Choose the best definition for the following word: deference

• (n) respect; consideration

• (n) a puzzling situation

• (n) something that does not logically flow

• None of the options are correct

Choose the best definition for the following word: ebullient

• (adj) envious

• (adj) greedy; selfish

• (adj) enthusiastic

• (adj) enjoyable

Choose the best definition for the following word: rakish

• (n) tending to show off one's learning

• (n) dashingly stylish and confident

• (adj) dashingly stylish and confident

• (adj) tending to show off one's learning

Choose the best definition for the following word: panegyric

• (n) an expression of pleasure

• (n) an expression of praise

• (n) an expression of fear

• (n) an expression of peace

Choose the best definition for the following word: non sequitur

• (n) something that does not have a rhyme scheme

• (n) something that does not have an opposite

• (n) something that does not have rhythm

• (n) something that does not logically flow

Choose the best definition for the following word: elegy

• a sad or mournful poem

• a sad or mournful song

• a sad or mournful book

• a sad or mournful event

Choose the best definition for the following word: bowdlerize

• (v) to combine offensive language (in a list or category)

• (v) to remove offensive language from writing

• (v) to combine two offensive stereotypes or biases

• (v) to remove offensive passages of writing

Choose the best definition for the following word: recondite

• (adj) well known; famous

• (adj) little known; obscure

• (adj) confusing; unclear

• (adj) coherent; clear

Choose the best definition for the following word: sanguine

• (n) one who is pessimistic

• (n) one who is optimistic

• (adj) negative; pessimistic

• (adj) cheerful; optimistic