Mrs. K's Vocab Quiz study guide

What does the word "abut" mean?

• to dress, adorn, or bedeck

• to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

• to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

• to plunge straight down

Which word describes something that is very earnest, emotional, and passionate?

• cryptic

• fervent

• gaunt

• stoical

What is the meaning of "divergent"?

• going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

• a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

• to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

• self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

If someone is described as "gaunt," how do they look?

• very earnest, emotional, passionate

• thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

• capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

• tireless, continuing with vigor

What does the term "proxy" refer to?

• a weight fastened to a line

• an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place

• a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

• a limit or restriction; a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

Which word means "to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out"?

• avail

• infiltrate

• nullify

• proclaim

What is the definition of "rankle"?

• to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

• to dress, adorn, or bedeck

• to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

• to declare publicly or officially

What does "stoical" mean?

• puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

• very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

• self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

• to plunge straight down

Which word is used to describe someone who is tireless and continues with vigor?

• cryptic

• divergent

• stoical

• unflagging

clothes, apparel, garb

• fervent

• retire

• attire

• abut