Vocabulary Acquisition Quiz

What does "unmitigated" mean?

• a false picture of reality

• a church in a pleasant field

• unqualified or absolute

• a look of hate

What does "pneumatic" mean?

• exaggerated flattery

• the trait of refining from something

• not arrogant or prideful

• containing or operated by air or gas under pressure

What does "refractive" mean?

• repeated too often

• of or involving refraction

• recovering readily from adversity

• more than is needed

What does "atrocity" mean?

• the trait of having wisdom and good judgement

• lacking wit or imagination

• inclined or willing to give in

• an extremely wicked or cruel act

What does "rowel" mean?

• a spiked disk at the end of spur

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• the state of being held in low self esteem

• lacking sufficient water or rainfall

What does "clemency" mean?

• with repening or murmuring

• submersed

• mercy or lenience

• descriptions of the arts and crafts of tribes and peoples

What does "catatonic" mean?

• one skilled in singing not often applied to human beings

• mutual talk or conversation conference

• a chemical substance

• of or in an immobile or unresponsive stupor.

What does "epitaph" mean?

• a phase or form written in memory of a person who has died

• contempt or derision to deride by mimicry

• a form of decay in which a fruit is overripe

• a genus of fossil

What does "commiserate" mean?

• nearly enclosed by land

• express or feel sympathy or pity

• In a continuous manner

• shadowy vague

What does "acrimonious" mean?

• of middle rank state size or quality

• of necessity

• typically of speech or a debate; angry and bitter

• to make prosperous