English 12 Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

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

the ACQUISITIVE collector

• enthusiastic

• clever

• impulsive

• greedy

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

CARPING comments

• detailed

• insightful

• nit-picking

• incisive

Identify the word that corresponds to the definition given.

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

• largesse

• encomium

• reconnaissance

• carping

Identify the word that corresponds to the definition given.

to make inflexible or rigid

• temporize

• substantiate

• eschew

• congeal

any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

• encomium

• reconnaissance

• largesse

• carping

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision

• substantiate

• emulate

• temporize

• belabor

to work on excessively

• belabor

• emulate

• eschew

• congeal

Many youngsters look up to professional athletes as role models and wish to _____ them; athletes therefore have a responsibility to set a good example.

• belabor

• emulate

• temporize

• substantiate

If you use transitional words and phrases in your writing—such as “first,” “then,” or “for example”—your paragraphs will be more _____ and readers will be able to follow your train of thought more clearly.

• banal

• coherent

• invidious

• intransigent

Gary Cooper often played a _____ hero, or “the strong, silent type.”

• tenable

• taciturn

• germane

• banal