Senior Post-Test Vocabulary Review

Fill in the blank: _______ means to confront in a challenging or aggressive way.

• accost

• avoid

• embrace

• ignore

Fill in the blank: _______ is able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.

• acquisitive

• generous

• indifferent

• impoverished

Fill in the blank: _______ is a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval.

• animadversion

• praise

• endorsement

• approval

Fill in the blank: _______ means to claim or take without right.

• arrogate

• abdicate

• delegate

• renounce

Fill in the blank: _______ means intensely eager.

• avid

• apathetic

• indifferent

• uninterested

Fill in the blank: _______ means to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words.

• articulate

• mumble

• whisper

• shout

Fill in the blank: _______ means hackneyed, trite, commonplace.

• banal

• original

• unique

• novel

Fill in the blank: _______ means to work excessively; to thrash soundly.

• belabor

• relax

• enjoy

• rest

Fill in the blank: _______ means to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry.

• cavort

• lament

• ponder

• sulk

Fill in the blank: _______ means swiftness, rapidity of motion or action.

• celerity

• slowness

• lethargy

• delay