Vocab Quiz #6

The word "systematic" is a(n)...

• Noun

• Adjective or Adverb

• Verb

• Conjuction

When something goes wrong, as siblings, two people push the blame onto each other. As a result, their stories may seem ________ (unharmonius), as they tell their mother different versions.

I was ​ (a)   with sadness when I was given the news that my pet goldfish had died while I was on vacation. My mother bought me a new golfish, but that only ​ (b)   my mood.

• imbued
• exacerbated
• refuted
• proliferated

The word "dexterity" is a(n)...

• Noun

• Adjective or Adverb

• Verb

• Conjunction

Q. 

I have a bunch of ​ (a)   ​(reserved) students who are stubbornly ​ (b)   (inflexible) about participating in discussions and would rather lose points than present in front of their peers.

• reticent
• intransigent
• refutable
• cognizant
• reprehensible

Match the following.

• extirpation

• the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

• acuity

• provide physical relief, as from pain

• assiduously

• with care and persistence

• assuage

• sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail

• quaint

• attractively old-fashioned

To some, the feeling of riding a rollercoaster may be a(n)​ ​ (a)   experience, which can be almost addicting. However, other people mean to ​ (b)   the experience entirely.

• hedonic
• eschew
• symbiotic
• proliferate
• subjective
• imbue

To hint in a way that is not obvious, or to allude to something in an elusive manner is being _____.

When the class had finally been covered in a comfortable silence, the teacher's expression was one of ________.

• acuity

• equanimity

• extirpation

• dexterity

At the newly formed band's first practice, there was a ​ (a)   of clashing noise. Hopefully, the ​ ​ (b)   practice will not be as bad.

• dissonance
• forthcoming
• hedonic
• exacerbate
• immensly