Freshman 2.3 23

Which word comes from Latin meaning to prick or pierce?

• poignantly

• squalor

• nostalgia

Which is a synonym for nonchalant?

• indifferent

• sluggish

• lonely

Which word best completes the sentence? More public restrooms seems like an obvious fix to the ______________ and stench as homelessness surges on Los Angeles streets.

• prodigy

• squalor

• lamented

• solitary

Which word comes from Latin meaning turned the wrong way?

• perverse

• dispersing

• impoverished

• mystic

What does mesmerizing mean?

• blessed

• fascinating

• countless

What does degradation mean?

• without energy or interest

• a change to a lower state or level

• with undue attention or interest

Which word best completes the sentence? The valedictorian’s commencement speech was very uplifting, and there was a general air of _____________ following the ceremony.

• degradation

• stricken

• exuberance

What does nostalgia mean?

• a longing for the happiness of a former place or time

• affecting or moving the emotions

• coolly unconcerned and indifferent

Which word means to make poor?

• impoverished

• listless

• perverse

Which word best completes the sentence? Best of all, they would know at whose hands, and for what crime, they received their ____________.

• indignation

• squalor

• retribution