English 2 Unit 3 Vocab Quiz

Penny walked away from the chess table. It was a tough loss, but her opponent had been a worthy ___________.

• adversary

• artifice

• precedent

• muse

Ginger had been a cruel bully in high school; it was her own fault when her "friend group" chose to (a)   her after graduation/

I thought my mentor was a genius, but when I found out he had plagiarized his book, I realized his "genius" was all acting and _______.

• artifice

• culinary

• urbane

• fallow

My dog hates his bath; he has to be _________ every time.

• coerced

• alienated

• perpetuated

• redressed

The ______ king who refused to take the battlefield with his men was the shame of his nation.

• craven

• alienated

• punitive

• urbane

The teacher walked out after the disrespect and decided to go to (a)   school. "Cupcakes don't call you names," she said.

Please don't do drugs. Many teenagers have met an early _______ because they believe illicit substances won't harm them.

• demise

• fallow

• adversary

• artifice

A synonym for exhilarate:

• cheer

• cook

• trick

• master

(adj.) plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow; (n.) land left unseeded; (v.) to plow but not seed

• Fallow
• Culinary
• Perpetuate
• Demise

While in the water, seals are possible prey for sharks and killer whales. Basking on the rocks, they are safe from being ________ by predators.

• harassed

• weaned

• replenished

• mottled