Vocabulary Quiz: Lessons 29-31

What does it mean to be inert?

• Quick and responsive

• Unable to act or move

• Energetic and active

• Lively and agile

What does it mean to circumvent something?

• To acknowledge openly

• To confront directly

• To ignore completely

• To get around or bypass

What does the term clandestine refer to?

• Secret

• Public

• Openly known

• Transparent

What does it mean to acquit someone?

• To find not guilty of a fault or crime

• To ignore the evidence

• To punish without evidence

• To convict of a crime

What is a barrister?

• Engineer

• Doctor

• Lawyer (commonly used in England)

• Teacher

What does it mean to deprecate something?

• To praise highly

• To admire greatly

• To express strong disapproval of

• To support wholeheartedly

What does adulation refer to?

• Excessive pride or admiration

• Excessive criticism

• Excessive indifference

• Excessive humility

What does the term culinary mean?

• Having to do with sports

• Having to do with construction

• Having to do with gardening

• Having to do with the kitchen or cooking

What does it mean to be bawdy?

• Serious and solemn

• Respectful and polite

• Decent and proper

• Indecent, humorously obscene

What does it mean to chastise someone?

• To encourage positively

• To reward generously

• To ignore completely

• To punish severely or discipline