Vocabulary #8 12th grade

The word ________ is related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*kakka," and the word "defecate," as well as the Dutch/Afrikaans word, "kak," meaning excrement. For instance, if you say, "Jy is diep in die kak," this is Afrikaans for "you are in deep ****." Thus, this word ultimately means a ****** sound."

• cacophony

• avid

• adamant

• obdurate

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When Babe Ruth hit his seventh homerun of the game, the __________ in Yankee Stadium could be heard all the way to City Hall.

• din

• zealous

• fervent

• intractable

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Whenever the bell rings at 3:06 to let students out for the day, it is a(n)_________ to them since many have been ready to leave since they got there in that morning.

• euphony

• strident

• hidebound

• ardent

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The announcer's __________ voice ensured that he stayed busy making all sorts of commercials and voice-overs. He had a soothing voice.

• mellifluous

• strident

• raucous

• din

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The protesters during the latest coup in Burkina Faso were ______ and unruly with their shouts and taunts at the government officials as they stormed the presidential palace in Ouagadougou.

• raucous

• mellifluous

• ardent

• exuberant

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The screeching and grating sounds of fingernails scraping across a chalkboard could also be described as _________.

• strident

• fervent

• ardent

• exuberant

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The boy on the back row was so stubborn and __________ that he refused to turn the sound off on his phone during the test. The only course of action was to write him up.

• recalcitrant

• fervent

• ardent

• cacophony

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Despite having been apprised of new developments in his field, the scientist was sure that he was correct in his earlier conclusions concerning his genetic experiments. He was so ________ and inflexible that he refused to acknowledge other scientists' findings.

• obstinate

• exuberant

• avid

• zealous

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“Now the thought

Both of lost happiness and lasting pain

Torments him; round he throws his baleful eyes

That witnessed huge affliction and dismay

Mixed with ___________ pride and steadfast hate:

At once as far as angels ken he views

The dismal situation waste and wild,

A dungeon horrible, on all sides round

As one great furnace flamed"

John Milton, Paradise Lost

• obdurate

• fervent

• zealous

• euphonious

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The class could be characterized as ___________; they were impossible to manage. Once one side got quieted down, another group would be talking. It was almost impossible to get anything done. The guys who talked about goose hunting all the time never got their work finished.

• intractable

• hidebound

• din

• cacophony

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