Lesson 2 Vocabulary

What is the synonym for the underlined word?

The company president was an arrogant person.

• rich

• prideful

• essential

• well-known

What is a synonym for the underlined word?

Thoughtless people violate the beauty of the wilderness.

• paint

• praise

• correct

• overlook

Which word means to unite into a whole?

• integrate

• segregate

• degrade

• detain

Which word means the highest in rank or position?

• arrogant

• supreme

• ceremony

• boycott

What is the synonym for the underlined word?

The police detained the suspect.

• questioned

• identified

• pursued

• held

Who is most likely to take someone into custody?

• a nurse

• the manager of the bank

• a police officer

• a teacher

Who might wear an expression of triumph?

• the winner of a spelling bee

• a diner at a restaurant

• a criminal being sent to jail

• someone in an earthquake

To extend a human life would be to

• study it thoroughly.

• value it highly.

• understand it well.

• make it longer.

The male lions had to be segregated so they did not fight. Segregated means

• fed often.

• drugged.

• kept apart.

• carefully introduced to one another.

Choose the antonym for the underlined word.

Camels seem to have a look of arrogance.

• cheerfulness

• liveliness

• shyness

• interest