Unit 2-1 Study Guide

Fill in the Blank:

While easier on some issues, the police tend to be stringent when it comes to weapons in school.

• intrinsic

• stringent

• surmise

• occult

Definition:

something essential to the very nature of a person or thing

• occult

• intrinsic

• drivel

• infringe

Definition:

the supernatural

• bombastic

• occult

• ameliorate

• intrinsic

Which word would describe an educated guess?

• infringe

• surmise

• drivel

• exhort

Someone who stands too close is guilty of doing this

• intrinsic

• epitome

• surmise

• infringe

Definition:

being overly confident and saying nothing at all

• bombastic

• infringe

• epitome

• stringent

What word best describes this scenario?

Let me beg you to consider your options before making a decision.

• occult

• infringe

• ameliorate

• exhort

If you don't study, you can't be the ____ of a star student.

• drivel

• ameliorate

• bombastic

• epitome

Definition:

What word means "to make better"?

• ameliorate

• surmise

• exhort

• intrinsic

Definition:

drool; nonsense

• occult

• ameliorate

• drivel

• infringe