English 11 Week 32 Vocab Test

He sought to _____ himself by telling everyone of his good deeds.

• aggrandize

• degrade

• diminish

• lessen

The California Academy of Sciences is home to Claude, an albino alligator considered an _____ among his species.

• normality

• anomaly

• usualness

• faux

Her ability to jump onto the high beam strained all _____, but I don't see how she could have faked it.

• disbelief

• shock

• credulity

• awe

After a _____ lecture, the professor ended class early and rushed out the door.

• detailed

• thorough

• meticulous

• cursory

The _____ waiter returned to the table every five minutes to make sure everything was OK.

• obsequious

• arrogant

• aggressive

• confident

He likes to think of himself as cultured and _____, but in reality, he's an uncivilized oaf.

• coarse

• refined

• uncivilized

• barbaric

Mindy _____ her sister when she makes them late for school.

• complimented

• promoted

• scolds

• adores

I think my siblings are jealous that I'm so _____; I have the darkest skin in my family!

• light-skinned

• light-complexioned

• opaque

• swarthy

The team's victory was an absolute _____ in light of all of the referee's bad calls.

• travesty

• jubilee

• celebration

• mile-marker

My brother has an _____ ability to predict the outcome of basketball games. He's won our family's March Madness bracket competition for five years in a row.

• average

• uncanny

• typical

• mediocre