Vocab Review pt 3

Match the following definitions to their synonyms.

• callow

• plead on behalf of someone else

• ascribe

• assign or attribute

• abominate

• lacking sophistication and poise

• surmise

• have intense dislike or hatred for

• intercede

• guess

Match the synonym to its correct vocabulary word.

• exceeding

• simulate

• countrified

• provincial

• gap

• hackneyed

• overused

• transcending

• imitate

• hiatus

Complete each sentence by selecting the correct word.

• peculated

• Let me see if I can _____ matters by bribing the guard.

• lassitude

• The tension that _____ the atmosphere during those hearings was so thick you could almost feel it.

• infringing

• The accountant who had _____ company funds was charged with theft and fraud.

• expedite

• Even people who are usually active and energetic may be overcome by _____ during the summer heat.

• permeated

• Someone who ignores a "No Trespassing" sign is _____ on the rights of the people who posted it.

The antonym of "seditious" is patriotic.

• True

• False

The antonym of "occult" is hidden.

• True

• False

The synonym of "drivel" is nonsense.

• True

• False

The synonym of "decadence" is innocence.

• True

• False

Another word for "approbation" is praise.

• True

• False

Ferment can mean turbulence.

• True

• False

"Sangfroid" means rude or impolite.

• True

• False