LAST VOCAB QUIZ

GLEAN means...

• to gather, or to learn or figure out, slowly

• empty, without ideas

• self-confident and cheerful

• to secretly plot to do something wrong or illegal

As the timer ran out, Jimmy made an IMPETUOUS decision and went with his gut. Jimmy...

• made a stupid decision

• made a sudden decision

• made no decision

• let someone else make the decision

Sometimes, my dog will look at me with VACUOUS eyes; no thoughts, just cuteness. VACUOUS means...

• self-confident and cheerful

• frantic, frenzied

• empty, without ideas

• sudden, impulsive

Belle wanted more than just life in a PROVINCIAL town. What best describes the town?

• having a shrill, irritating quality

•  to irritate, to annoy, to sting

•  thing, state of having a body

• demonstrating unsophisticated manners, like a country bumpkin

CONTEMPTUOUS means...

• feeling or showing contempt; feeling or expressing deep hatred or disapproval

•  to secretly plot to do something wrong or illegal

•  self-confident and cheerful

•  just the opposite being true

I am DENIZEN of Waukegan, Illinois. I...

• am a resident

• am a menace

• no longer live there

• work there

Melissa was cheerful and self-confident. You could call her...

• contemptuous

• irate

• jaunty

• cumbersome

Most students are in a frenzy toward the end of the school year, as they are running out of time to bring up their grade. They are...

• vacuous

• glean

• frenetic

• jaunty

To CONSPIRE means to...

• learn or figure out, slowly

• to put (something) in between

• to irritate, to annoy, to sting

• secretly plot to do something wrong or illegal

CONTRARILY means...

• just the opposite being true

• skillful, clever, quick

• thing, state of having a body

• in spite of, however