Vocabulary - Midterm Review

What word has the following definition?

clothed or covered / concealed by something

• guile

• clad

• conjecture

• derive

What word has the following definition?

a serious earnest effort toward a goal

• instill

• cursory

• recur

• endeavor

What word has the following definition?

to provide evidence to make more certain / to confirm

• dehydrate

• anthology

• corroborate

• imperative

What word has the following definition?

commonly occurring / widely accepted or practiced

• prevalent

• gruesome

• recur

• encompass

What word goes in the blank space?

Since the police have not given a statement yet, the reporter can only make _______ about the crisis.

• grimace

• inventory

• conjecture

• guile

What word has the following definition?

A slight suspicion. A vague idea.

• inkling

• profound

• abhor

• lackadaisical

What word has the following definition?

To seize, by force if necessary; to take possession of.

• irascible

• pilfer

• entreat

• confiscate

What word has the following definition?

To give a picture of; to describe

• rankle

• depict

• rebuke

• affable

What word has the following definition?

Untidy; carelessly done.

• recluse

• audacious

• slovenly

• tremulous

What word goes in the blank?

It does not take much to aggravate my _________ neighbor who is annoyed by any little noise.

• irascible

• affable

• serene

• interminable