Vocabulary Quiz 1.2

What is your name?

1. When the principal discovered the students’ _________________________ plan to cheat on the math exam, she suspended everyone involved.

• celerity
• incediary
• devious
• maelstrom

2. The sorcerer placed the __________________on the door frame of Hannah's cell. The door magically opened.

• talisman
• accost
• avid
• halcyon

3. LuAnn is a(n) ______________________ fan of high school sports, and she wears the team colors to every game.

• talisman
• accost
• avid
• halcyon

4. Because Dad had come home in one of his ________________ moods, we kids hid in our rooms to avoid causing him to blow up.

• sacrilege
• myopic
• avid
• incendiary

5. Most heavy metal rock concerts are a __________________ of energy with maximum noise and visual effects.

• sacrilege
• maelstrom
• incendiary
• celerity

6. Using ______________________ or negative words to describe young people makes them feel less important.

• overt
• pejorative
• accost
• talisman

7. to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

• overt
• pejorative
• accost
• talisman

8. swiftness; rapidity of motion or action

• halcyon
• pejorative
• accost
• celerity

9. calm; peaceful; tranquil; serene; legendary bird identified with the kingfisher

• halcyon
• pejorative
• accost
• celerity