English 10 Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Identify the word that means the same as the ALL CAPS word in the introductory phrase.

TENTATIVE contract

• provisional

• extended

• long-term

• well-paid

Identify the word that means the same as the ALL CAPS word in the introductory phrase.

respond to their GIBE

• invitation

• ridicule

• subpoena

• idea

Identify the word that means the same as the ALL CAPS word in the introductory phrase.

DEPLOY the players

• fire

• hustle

• station

• ignore

Identify the word that means the same as the ALL CAPS word in the introductory phrase.

AUGMENT his earnings

• supplement

• supply

• squander

• spend

Identify the word that corresponds to the definition given.

to stare with open mouth

• reiterate

• augment

• gibe

• gape

intended to deceive or entrap

• insidious

• dour

• verbatim

• bereft

not easily moved mentally or emotionally

• insidious

• stolid

• bereft

• unkempt

a hint, indirect suggestion

• fortitude

• intimation

• gibe

• guise

The farmer had always admired the _____ his father had shown during the huge flood; a lesser man would not have had the courage to spend hours in the raging river struggling to save the livestock.

• gibe

• guise

• intimation

• cowardice

• fortitude

The clerk, who had not had the time to wash or shave, was embarrassed by his _____ appearance.

• verbatim

• dour

• ambidextrous

• unkempt