English 11 Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

There are, however, techniques that can

help even the most inexperienced and reluctant speakers to accomplish the task with APLOMB.

What does aplomb most likely mean as it is used?

• a. style
• b. daring
• c. verve
• d. assurance

You are not an INTERLOPER,

and your audience is not the enemy.

Which word means the same as interloper?

• a. enemy
• b. intruder
• c. stranger
• d. spy

If you do not like them, you are in the wrong place—nothing can AMELIORATE that.

Which word is closest in meaning to ameliorate as it is used?

• a. destroy
• b. improve
• c. replace
• d. contradict

The audience wants to know who you

are, and speakers who try to INGRATIATE themselves with their audiences are not well received.

What does ingratiate most likely mean as it is used?

• a. acclimatize
• b. improve
• c. adapt
• d. cozy up to

You can be sympathetic, argumentative,

humorous, friendly, or critical—but never BOMBASTIC.

What is the meaning of bombastic as it is used?

• a. pretentious
• b. roaring
• c. self-aggrandizing
• d. hollow

speaking nothing but DRIVEL

• a. lies
• b. nonsense
• c. truths
• d. riddles

of no INTRINSIC value

• a. inherent
• b. absolute
• c. industrial
• d. known

(adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office

• drivel
• ex officio
• infringe
• interloper

(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

• drivel
• ex officio
• infringe
• interloper

(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

• bombastic
• exhort
• inveigh
• stringent