Final Vocabulary Quiz

The reckless, ________ boy poked the hornet's nest with a stick.

• sanguine

• succinct

• impetuous

• imperative

He's got a _________personality. He is always happy and full of joy.

• jousting

• jocund

• just

• juniper

He seemed quite ____________ about his chances of success.

• super

• soft

• sanguine

• subtle

If you make an ___________ error during a soccer game, the coach may bench you for the rest of the season.

• impetuous

• imperative

• egregious

• sanguine

A feeling of strong eagerness, passion, or spirit is called _______.

• zeal

• zephryr

• jocund

• joviality

Every day he packed forty parachutes, each time with the same_________ care.

• impetuous

• meticulous

• sanguine

• jocund

This poem was accompanied by an _____________of a black bird.

• metaphor

• malice

• illustration

• impetuous

Never before had he seen her lose control like this; she looked quite___________ and crazed.

from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

• demeaned

• deadly

• demented

• dense

A shady ______makes a perfect spot for a summer picnic.

• sanguine

• stump

• known

• knoll

Her spirit was ____________at the ceremony by an empty chair, which her classmates had decorated with sunflowers and purple fabric.

from Becoming

• commemorated

• contrasted

• commiserated

• compiled