SR VOCAB 3 REVIEW

GAFFE is a noun that means __________.

• enthusiasm; cheerful readiness

• silence; being restrained

• a blunder; a social mistake

• to rally; to mobilze

YES/NO You, and your boss, overhear another colleague's GAFFE at the annual employee banquet. Is your boss pleased with what he heard?

If something is TEEMING, it is __________.

• filled to overflowing

• underdeveloped

• lacking in substance

• bittersweet

This vocabulary word originally referred to the practice of analyzing sentence structure; now, it can refer to that or any topic being scrutinized.

• to TEEM

• to PARSE

• to SURMOUNT

• to CONFLATE

YES/NO If Timothy SURMOUNTED his financial difficulties, would he have overcome them?

YES/NO If a community is RIFE with home break-ins, might homeowners take extra security precautions?

TEEM

• NOUN

• VERB

• ADJECTIVE

• ADVERB

Ms. Violet Amundson, upset with recent book challenges at her local library, __________(-ed) her neighbors to show up at the next library board meeting.

• conflate

• marshal

• surmount

• teem

YES/NO Would it be wise to choose a SPURIOUS person to be the CEO of a company?

If a coach wanted her team to show up to practices with ALACRITY, would she expect players to be energized?

• YES

• NO