ENG II HMH Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word 'poignant'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'wizened'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'beleaguered'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'fluent'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'compulsion'?

• forced obligation

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'implicit'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Understood, but not expressed

What is the meaning of the word 'reaffirmation'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• The act of verifying or endorsing again

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'resilience'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Troubled with many problems

• Ability to return to a normal state after a change or an injury

What is the meaning of the word 'precarious'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Dangerously insecure

• Troubled with many problems

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily

What is the meaning of the word 'insular'?

• Emotionally moving or stimulating

• Shrunken and wrinkled

• Narrow-minded or detached from others

• Able to express oneself clearly and easily