Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of inflection?

• a flick of the wrist

• the rhythm or cadence, and pitch in the voice

• a turn of a phrase

• an inflammation

What does it mean to indoctrinate?

• to read books to become a doctor.

• to teach other how to complete a trick

• to read about news related to medicine

• to teach a person or group to uncritically accept a set of beliefs

What is a sinecure?

• ties for keeping items from flying out of a truck

• a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

• a position of safety while rock climbing

• promises that one has no intention to keep

What does prosperity refer to?

• all future generations of people

• calls for change

• people who bargain for peace

• a wish for peace

What is a stratum?

• a well-thought out answer

• a level of class to which people are assigned according to their social status, education, or income

• a clever plan

• a leveled board

What is an amulet?

• an ornament or small piece of jewelry thought to give protection against evil, danger, or disease

• an arm bracelet use to identify members of an army

• a decorative ornament one hangs on a tree at Christmas

• a bell that rings in a church

What does bourgeoisie mean?

• the lowest or poorest class of a community who are often the physical labors of an economic system

• the middle class, typically with references to the perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

• the highest class, typically the smallest number of people who make the economic and political decisions

• the excluded class of people such as enemies of the state

What does proletariat refer to?

• the lowest or poorest class of a community who are often the physical labors of an economic system

• the middle class, typically with references to the perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes

• the highest class, typically the smallest number of people who make the economic and political decisions

• the excluded class of people such as enemies of the state

What does slatternly mean?

• well space

• dirty and untidy

• too wide

• interestedly

What is lassitude?

• a state of physical or mental weariness; a lack of energy

• a feeling of energy and excitement

• a state of confusion and misunderstanding

• a feeling of interest