Vocab List 26 12th Grade Practice

What does the noun "serendipity" mean?

• The occurrence and development of events by chance in a sad or detrimental way

• The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

• A planned series of fortunate events

• A scientific term for luck

What does the verb "flourish" mean?

• To fail or diminish

• To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way

• To remain unchanged or stagnant

• To decrease in importance or value

What does the adjective "tenacious" mean?

• Lacking strength or energy

• Tending to keep a firm hold on something; persistent in maintaining something valued

• Easily giving up or surrendering

• Unwilling to spend money or use resources

What does the verb "synthesize" mean?

• To take apart a coherent whole into different elements

• To combine different ideas or information to form a coherent whole

• To analyze the structure of a chemical compound

• To summarize a large text into a shorter version

What does the noun "discourse" refer to?

• A) A musical composition

• B) A written or spoken communication or debate

• C) A type of dessert

• D) A mathematical formula

generous and forgiving; unselfish

• magnanimous
• inscrutable
• proclivity
• vicarious

a set of assumptions or way of thought that forms a basis of understanding a particular subject

• paradigm
• inscrutable
• proclivity
• vicarious

Difficult to understand or interpret

• magnanimous
• inscrutable
• proclivity
• vicarious

experienced through someone else's actions - you don't do it for yourself

• proclivity
• inscrutable
• paradigm
• vicarious

angry about an unfair situation

• indignant
• inscrutable
• vicarious
• derision