Exam Vocabulary review

A mutiny doesn't start by itself; someone has to ______ it.

• penchant

• instigate

• unremitting

• undermine

Garish

• behaving in a wild and unruly manner

• excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring

• a person who attempts to be funny; a fool

• a person or thing that destroys or causes harm

Mosquitoes are the ____ of people camping in the northern woods this season.

• bane

• hierarchy

• repertoire

• unremitting

Asperity

• a strong attraction or leaning

• excessively bright and flashy

• a basic principle or skill

• sharpness or harshness of manner; roughness of surface

____ reports that Tupac was alive kept appearing in the tabloids.

• Disgruntled

• Expedited

• Spurious

• Centennial

Gird

• to encircle, bind, or surround; to get ready for action

• to hear and decide

• to speed up or facilitate

• to fascinate or hupnotize

Which of the following best demonstrates the meaning of the word EXPEDITE?

• Holly was unable to come to school because she's home with a cold.

• Scholars doubt the claim that George Washington never told a lie.

• To make sure it got there on time, I delivered the package myself.

• Oysters on the half shell were the appetizer before the main course.

Countenance

• a source of light

• a one-hundredth anniversary or its celebration

• the expression on a person's face; support or approval; to support

• an act or statement that serves as an example for a later one

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word CURTAIL?

• They take pride in maintaining family traditions.

• The store closes three hours earlier during the off-season.

• Cara is careful to choose books that are the right reading level for her students.

• Of the ninety plays he wrote, fewer than six have survived.

Inalienable

• threateningly wild

• not able to be taken or given away

• haphazard

• having a bad reputation