Vocabulary 3.1 Quiz

What is your name?

1. We spent the whole weekend crafting our business plan; we found out Monday it was not an ______________ amount of time because the bank approved our loan.

• furtive
• picayune
• inordinate
• garish

2. Generally, the federal government doesn’t seem to bring ____________ cases to court because they are of little value or importance.

• furtive
• picayune
• inordinate
• garish

3. The killing of innocent people and the destruction of the church was a ___________ act.

• bestial
• furtive
• jettison
• coterie

4. Cosette watched Marius with ______________ glances, waiting for him to approach.

• bestial
• furtive
• jettison
• coterie

5. Because I am ____________, I will not stop until I have achieved my goals.

• ephermeral
• pertinacious
• misanthrope
• picayune

6. Last night, I spent over an hour trying to ______________my daughter’s fears about the boogieman.

• coterie
• garish
• allay
• inordinate

7. to cast overboard; to get rid of

• coterie
• misanthrope
• embellish
• jettison

8. a circle of acquaintances; a clique; exclusive group of people

• coterie
• misanthrope
• embellish
• jettison

9. a person who hates or despises people

• coterie
• misanthrope
• garish
• ephemeral