English 11 Lesson 12 Vocab

Drew was disconsolate after reading the critics' ________ on her latest novel.

• animadversions

• amity

• throes

• privation

The principal upbraided the students for their _______ behavior.

• craven

• exalted

• impugned

• bellicose

Peaceful relations; friendship

• privation

• amity

• animadversions`

• bucolic

Utterly lacking courage; willing to give up or capitulate.

• impugn

• exalt

• amity

• craven

He was reluctant to leave the _______ environs of his grandparents' farm.

• bellicose

• bucolic

• craven

• penurious

To ______ the intelligence of a Nobel Prize-winning physicist is outrageous.

• sobriquet

• métier

• impugn

• exalt

Inclined to look inward and examine one's thoughts and feelings.

• introspective

• penurious

• privations

• bellicose

The raconteur used the _______ symbols of fire and ice in her tale.

• tantamount

• introspective

• antithetical

• penurious

Which of the following best describes the word SOBRIQUET?

• Susan spent her money only on that which she needed.

• Catherine was mortified when her friends began calling her "Kitty."

• Frank stared at the questions, unable to answer a single one.

• The mere sight of the ice cream parlor makes Meg long for a sundae.

After earning a law degree, she realized that her real ______ was writing novels.

• sobriquet

• privation

• métier

• animadversion