week 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "complicity"?

• Deserving blame

• Partnership in wrongdoing

• An associate in crime

• Withdraw previous statements

What does the word "abrogate" mean?

• admit

• abolish

• report

• prevent

What does "access" refer to in the context of the vocabulary list?

• admittance

• abolish

• nullify

• prevent

What does "preclude" mean?

• admit

• abolish

• report

• prevent

In the sample sentence, what word fits: "The manager was distraught when he realized that the slugger's sickness would ___ a World Series victory."

• preclude

• access

• invalidate

• abrogate

• facilitate

Choose the correct word for the sentence: "The wealthy uncle decided to ___ his inane nephew's sinecure."

• access

• invalidate

• preclude

• abrogate

What is the meaning of "extrinsic"?

• to hamper

• foreign, coming from outside

• speak loudly

• persist

What does the idiom "to break the ice" mean?

• to start a fight

• to make a start by overcoming initial difficulties

• to end a conversation

• to create tension

What is the meaning of "nomadic"?

• Harshness of temper

• Model of excellence

• Wandering

• Descriptive name

What does "asperity" refer to?

• Harshness of temper

• Model of excellence

• Wandering

• Descriptive name