ICT English 8 Vocabulary Review for the Final Exam

(n.) a proverb, wise saying

• adage

• bonanza

• discordant

• plaudits

Suddenly the __________ voices of the two quarreling people burst upon my ear and jarred me out of my daydream.

• discordant

• evolve

• preclude

• revert

slavish, menial, submissive

• wrangle
• jostle
• evolve
• servile

a passage taken from a book or article

• laggard
• plaudits
• vigil
• excerpt

relapse, regress, to return

• revert
• discordant
• grope
• hover

Self-confidence is a great quality, but if it is carried too far, it can be a/an ____________ to success in life.

• oblique
• enterprising
• detriment
• frugal

Because of his repeated traffic violations, his driver's license was ______________ and no longer legal.

• venerated
• maimed
• congested
• invalidated

After living for so long on a ________ diet, I was amazed when I saw the variety of rich dishes served at the banquet.

• frugal
• durable
• congested
• enterprising

When they saw that they had been caught red-handed, they resorted to all kinds of ____________ in a vain attempt to prove their "innocence."

• detriments
• antics
• banter
• waton

audacious means

• elite

• grapple

• bold

• incite