R&J Vocab Practice #1

What is the definition of "beguile"?

• To deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

• To flood, to overflow

• Unfavorable

• Extreme poverty

What does "dissemble" mean?

• To disguise, to pretend

• To flood, to overflow

• Unfavorable

• Extreme poverty

What is the definition of "engrossed"?

• Completely occupied or absorbed

• A false appearance, a fake punch

• To mourn or express sorrow

• Overly attentive, like a sycophant

What does "entreaty" mean?

• A plea, an earnest request

• Funeral hymn or lament

• Destructive, deadly

• To deceive, to mislead

What is the meaning of "feint"?

• A false appearance, a fake punch

• To make greater or to supplement

• To degrade, to speak in a derogatory manner

• Completely occupied or absorbed

What is the definition of "inundate"?

• To flood, to overflow

• To mourn or express sorrow

• Overly attentive, like a sycophant

• Destructive, deadly

What is the meaning of "obsequious"?

• Overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile

• Funeral hymn or lament

• To make greater or to supplement

• A false appearance, a fake punch

It was an ________ sentence that could be taken in two ways.

• ambiguous
• inauspicious

• dirge

• baleful

It was her _______ and inability to pay repairmen that let the house deteriorate.

• lament

• dirge

• penury

• entreaty

All night long the Greeks sang the funeral _______.

• feint

• dirge

• beguile

• lament