English 12 Wordly Wise Vocab 7

The amoeba's lack of a fixed structure gives it an ____________ shape.

• Invidious

• Amorphous

• Distinct

• Nefarious

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(Synonym) The Spanish Inquisition attempted to force religious minorities to abjure their faiths.

• ridicule

• reveal

• renounce

• proclaim

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(Antonym) Reading Marcel Proust's twelve-volume Remembrance of Things Past is a herculean task.

• Invigorating

• Over-whelming

• Enormous

• Easy

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His cynicism was so extreme that it bordered on _____________.

• Nihilism

• Melange

• Presentiment

• Torpor

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(Antonym) In stereotypes of western movies, the nefarious villain wears a black hat.

• conniving

• secondary

• respectable

• unfavorable

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(Synonym) Though it is gaining popularity, the proposal to shift to a twelve-month school year will cause invidious debate.

• thoughtful

• bitter

• patient

• rational

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What does a person's animus do?

• Dream

• Influence

• Remember

• Learn

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

To approve, confirm or verify.

• Vitiate

• Abjure

• Subsume

• Ratify

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

To encompass in a larger or more comprehensive group; to include.

• Abjure

• Subsume

• Ratify

• Vitiate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

Which of the following is least likely to be variegated?

• Grains of salt

• Cars in a lot

• Fields of wildflowers

• Works in a gallery