American Lit - Vocab PreTest

To make (something) more prominent or noticeable: ACCENT, EMPHASIZE

V.

The teacher __________ the importance of studying for the upcoming exam.

• Accentuated
• Banter
• Contiguous
• Elation

To speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner

V.

Their friendly __________ during lunchtime brightened up the cafeteria.

• Banter
• Bleak
• Desolate
• Spectacles

Exposed and barren and often windswept; not hopeful or encourage: DEPRESSING

Adj.

The future looked __________, but they remained optimistic.

• Bleak
• Commence
• Elation
• Supercilious

To enter upon: BEGIN

V.

Let's __________ the project as soon as everyone is ready.

• Commence
• Effeminate
• Epigram
• Incredulous

Being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point

Adj.

The two states are __________, with no natural barriers between them.

• Contiguous
• Fervent
• Interpose
• Omnibus

To support with evidence or authority: make more certain

V.

The witness's statement was __________ by security camera footage.

• Corroborated
• Imperatively
• Sauntered
• Facet

Devoid of inhabitants and visitors: DESERTED

Adj.

The __________ landscape stretched as far as the eye could see.

• Desolate
• Incredulously
• Peremptorily
• Elation

Having feminine qualities untypical of a man: not manly in appreance or manner

Adj.

His refined tastes were often seen as __________ by his peers.

• Effeminate
• Epigram
• Spectacles
• Banter

The quality or state of being marked by high spirits

N.

Their victory in the championship game was met with __________ from the fans.

• Elation
• Interpose
• Sauntered
• Corroborated

A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way

N.

His humorous __________ about life always made people laugh.

• Epigram
• Incredulous
• Peremptorily
• Bleak