English II 2023 Spring Exam

to shorten by chopping off the end – prune

• tantamount
• admonish
• circumspect
• baneful
• truncate

to warn; to caution in counsel – reprimand

• tantamount
• admonish
• circumspect
• baneful
• truncate

causing woe; destructive; harmful; deadly – dire

• tantamount
• admonish
• circumspect
• baneful
• truncate

prudent; cautious -- careful

• tantamount
• admonish
• circumspect
• baneful
• truncate

a concise statement of truth or principle – adage

• neologism
• respite
• capitulate
• aphorism
• confute

of equal value or significance – equivalent

• tantamount
• admonish
• circumspect
• baneful
• truncate

without liveliness; dull; spiritless – insipid

• dexterous
• entice
• indolent
• perfunctory
• vapid

to surrender – succumb

• neologism
• respite
• capitulate
• aphorism
• confute

to prove wrong; to refute decisively -- discredit

• neologism
• respite
• capitulate
• aphorism
• confute

a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word – coining

• neologism
• respite
• capitulate
• aphorism
• confute