Vocabulary Quiz #1 (10th Grade)

to express or feel sympathy or pity

• activist

• commiserate

• petrified

• scavenge

extremely frightened; terrified

• vex

• discreet

• brusque

• petrified

the desire to do something; enthusiasm; determination

• eulogy

• scavenge

• expose

• motivation

to collect items that have been thrown away

• congenital

• scavenge

• priority

• delegate

to uncover or reveal

• expose

• discreet

• commiserate

• vex

a person who works to bring about political or social change

• congenital

• delegate

• activist

• priority

responding with few words in a rude way

• vex

• brusque

• discreet

• congenital

to make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried

• analogy

• brusque

• delegate

• vex

careful or low-key; not drawing attention

• analogy

• discreet

• brusque

• priority

to assign a task or responsibility to another person

• vex

• commiserate

• delegate

• scavenge