ELA 2 Vocabulary Review: Quiz 2

1. People who are extremely ________ about their political viewpoints will never be accepting of anyone's opinions if they are of a different perspective.

• objective

• vehement

• debilitating

• cognizant

Argumentative speeches need ________ information, such as statistics are expert witnesses, to support the speaker's ideas.

• rabid

• subjective

• mandated

• objective

Abiding by fair laws in our country is necessary for safety and security. _______, if a society, such as the one the Bergerons lived in, it's the moral and ethical responsibility of the citizens to disobey unjust laws.

• Cognizantly

• Legislative

• Conversely

• Subjectively

Weakening, crippling, impairing, and exhausting are synonyms for this vocabulary word.

Since I am an avid San Francisco 49ers fan, I found the end of  Super Bowl LVIII _________ to watch. (Hint: KC Chiefs won in the last three seconds of the game.)

• excruciating

• sanctimonious

• blatant

• complacent

I had to leave the Super Bowl party in over time because the women watching the game were quite ______, yelling and whistling for the Chiefs.

• complacent

• scintillating

• sanctimonious

• rabid

Because the teachers could not get along, Ms. Williams had to be the _____ between them and determine a solution to their disagreements.

• ordinance

• mandate

• beneficiary

• arbiter

Kara, a production assistant (PA) in Hollywood, claims that working with Scarlett Johansson is a nightmare. According to her, Johansson has a sense of ______ because she's a star: She is very high maintenance, is demanding, and makes the job of a PA miserable.

"You've been late to work twice this week," Mr. Dubois sharply said to Jeremy. "I will be sure to ______ your firing if you are even a minute late the rest of this week."

• precipitate

• retaliate

• sanctimonious

• mandate

What word means to be "excessively or hypocritically pious"?

("Self-righteous" is a synonym of this word.)

• scintillating

• blatant

• sanctimonious

• complacent