English 11 Lesson 11 Vocabulary

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word UNEQUIVOCAL?

• It happened that I could not have chosen a better time to ask the question.

• Amanda's usual response to a direct question was, "Well, yes and no."

• When Anita babysits, she rarely allows her charges to stay up past their bedtimes.

• The Senate voted 100 to 0 in favor of making apple pie the national dish.

To ______ something is to make it smaller or weaker.

• Attenuate

• Putrefy

• Disinter

• Impinge

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word MULTIFARIOUS?

• Let us suppose that the moon is in fact made of cheese.

• A chessboard is made up of sixty-four contrasting squares.

• Dana was amazed at how many skills are required to run a farm.

• Dr. Conner's comments on women caused much offense to those who heard them.

Beneficial to health or well-being.

• Succulent

• Salubrious

• Vicissitude

• Tundra

A(n) ______ is a statement that is assumed to be the truth.

• Plenitude

• Postulate

• Putrefy

• Prevail

Something that is succulent is ______

• Juicy.

• Beneficial to one's health.

• In abundance.

• Self-contradictory.

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word OXYMORON?

• The old proverb advises us that haste makes waste.

• As to what will happen in the future, I remain cheerfully pessimistic.

• During March, it rained every day, making it the wettest month on record.

• Charlemagne is said to have stood six and a half feet tall.

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word BEHEMOTH?

• The arts in Florence prospered under Lorenzo de' Medici's patronage

• The sugar maples were ablaze with vibrant reds and golds.

• The lifestyles of rich people had a powerful attraction for Allen.

• Brachiosaurus, weighing 80 tons, lived 150 million years ago.

To impinge is...

• To become rotten or decayed; giving off a foul odor.

• To remove from a grave or tomb; to dig up.

• To go beyond desirable or established limits; to encroach

• To assume as a fact based on the best available evidence.

To _____ something is to dig it out of the ground.

• Disinter

• Prevail

• Impinge

• Putrefy