Vocabulary List 8 Review

Match the word to the correct definition.

• lively, sprightly

• facade

• not

• convoluted

• deceptive appearance or attitude

• Root: un

• intricate, complicated

• vivacious

Match the definition to the correct word

• cupidity

• greed, strong desire

• quell

• control a potentially explosive situation

• Root: mit/miss

• send

• decry

• to criticize openly

Match each word with the correct definition.

• capable of being passed person to person

• Root: mit/miss

• not

• transmissible

• send

• Root: un

• not morally correct

• unethical

The word ___ means not morally correct.

The root ___ means send.

If something is ___ it is capable of being passed on from one place or person to another.

The root un means ___.

The skilled leader ___ the rebellion before it started.

Even though the bank was protected by a state-of-the-art alarm system, the robber's ___ made her break into the huge vault in hopes of getting a big pay day.

Grace's story was so ___ that I couldn't follow it.