05/19/2021 Vocab Practice Quiz

Define enigma.

• a puzzle; a mystery

• entertained

• name for an animal

• a math formula

Choose a synonym for disdain.

• excited

• despise

• melancholy

• hungry

Students at Rio Mesa High School would like to have _____ in their studies. However, the school counselor chooses for them based on their academics.

• culinary

• happiness

• technology

• autonomy

Define ascetic.

• To go swimming

• To eat caviar

• One who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation

• Ugly art

The brightness of the colors added to the ____ of the lovely painting.

• darkness

• colorless

• humanity

• aesthetic

Choose a synonym for candor.

• punctual

• truthfulness

• practical

• lying

They were extremely _____ at the funeral. Not one shed a tear during the burial.

• concerned

• elated

• reticent

• egregious

Choose a synonym for revere.

• honor

• dislike

• sociable

• loathe

Define indifferent.

• a loud person

• being talkative

• a lack of feeling, or emotion

• being a chef

Distance learning has created a level of ____ among students. The increase in missing assignments is a clue.

• content

• apathy

• mediocre

• gregariousness