WW 9 Lesson 1 Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "bewail" mean?

• To praise highly

• To express deep regret or sorrow over

• To set free from slavery

• To take away from the value, beauty, or importance of

Which word means "without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life"?

• Emancipate

• Extol

• Destitute

• Flamboyant

What is the noun form of "detract"?

• Detractor

• Detractation

• Detractiveness

• Detractment

What does the word "emancipate" mean?

• To praise highly

• To express deep regret or sorrow over

• To set free from slavery

• To take away from the value, beauty, or importance of

Which word means "to praise highly"?

• Emancipate

• Extol

• Destitute

• Flamboyant

What does the word "flamboyant" mean?

• Excessively showy; unrestrained

• Lacking resources or possessions

• To take away from the value, beauty, or importance of

• To express deep regret or sorrow over

What is the definition of "impetus"?

• A driving force; anything that causes an action.

• Not continuous; happening at intervals.

• Required or demanded.

Which word means "incapable of being overcome or defeated"?

• Intermittent

• Obligatory

• Insuperable

Which sentence uses "intermittent" correctly?

• The rain during the hurricane was intermittent; I thought it would never stop.

• Jack was relieved when his doctor told him that his heartbeat was intermittent.

• The sound of fireworks was not only continuous on Independence Day, but it was also intermittent for several days after.

• Dave used the intermittent at his apartment to listen in on conversations happening at the door to the building.

Which word is defined as "a general truth or rule of conduct; a short saying"?

• Visage

• Plumb

• Maxim