Lesson 7 Quiz (2nd block)- American

Acquiesce

• a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

• accept something reluctantly but without protest.

Ecstatic

• feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.

Mammoth

• make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

• a large extinct elephant of the Pleistocene epoch, typically hairy with a sloping back and long curved tusks.

Spurn

• make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

• reject with disdain or contempt.

Captivate

• attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm.

• so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.

Exploit

• so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.

• make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).

Petrified

• make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

• so frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.

Tantalizing

• tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unattainable.

• make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

Conspire

• make secret plans jointly to commit an unlawful or harmful act.

• reject with disdain or contempt.

Ludicrous

• so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous.

• feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.