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Review vocab 1-5

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
harm; injure
a)
scathe
b)
emasculate
c)
flay
d)
deride
2.
low person, exude meanness, verbal or physical
a)
fractious
b)
truculent
c)
jingoist
d)
bellicos
3.
boredom, "shrug-off" state, listless
a)
jaded
b)
feckless
c)
ennui
d)
stagnant
4.
inclined to laugh, provoke to laugh, silly, ludicrous
a)
lampoon
b)
sardonic
c)
buffon
d)
risible
5.
musical notations from an opera, extended composition
a)
anomie
b)
imbroglio
c)
libretto
d)
quantum
6.
deep cut, tear, can be figurative or literal
a)
lacerate
b)
diatribe
c)
animus
d)
disparage
7.
ready to pounce, fight, on edge, quarrel
a)
contentious
b)
truculent
c)
pugnacious
d)
agonistic
8.
lack of motivation, no movement forward, inability to change
a)
inertia
b)
doldrums
c)
tepid
d)
torpid
9.
satirical humor, bawdy, grotesque in nature
a)
buffoon
b)
rabelaisian
c)
caricature
d)
antics
10.
reaching the age of puberty, able to conceive
a)
ersatz
b)
polygamy
c)
pubescent
d)
incubus
11.
to belittle, make less equal
a)
disparage
b)
animus
c)
excoriate
d)
flay
12.
warlike, hostile, hot-headed
a)
belligerent
b)
casus belli
c)
bellicose
d)
fractious
13.
slow to act/react, takes a lot to get angry, "ugh" whatever reaction
a)
ennui
b)
lassitude
c)
phlegmatic
d)
tepid
14.
cynical, evil, ironical, sarcastic mocking
a)
droll
b)
farce
c)
sardonic
d)
antics
15.
feel alienated, purposelessness, lack of standards, values
a)
anomie
b)
ersatz
c)
imbroglio
d)
assiduous
16.
to ridicule, laugh at in a scornful manner
a)
temerity
b)
deride
c)
diatribe
d)
flay
17.
like to argue, confrontational, always on point, but not physical
a)
pugnacious
b)
obstreperous
c)
agonistic
d)
contentious
18.
lack of energy, irresponsible, doesn't care about actions, person you don't want to work with
a)
feckless
b)
stagnant
c)
tepid
d)
inertia
19.
clown, jester, comedian, amusing person
a)
risible
b)
lampoon
c)
buffoon
d)
antics
20.
smallest amount of many forms of a physical quantity
a)
quidnunc
b)
anomie
c)
polygamy
d)
quantum
21.
foolish disregard for danger, reckless
a)
temerity
b)
animus
c)
diatribe
d)
emasculate
22.
noisily defiant, temper tantrum, stomping feet
a)
fractious
b)
obstreperous
c)
belligerent
d)
pugnacious
23.
mentally and physically unable to move, like when animals are dormant 
a)
ennui
b)
jaded
c)
stagnant
d)
torpid
24.
laugh obnoxiously loud, immoderately, to get attention
a)
cachinnation
b)
farce
c)
antics
d)
risible
25.
nosy person, gossiper, busy-body
a)
quidnunc
b)
quantum
c)
ersatz
d)
incubus
26.
bitter, abusive lecture that wears people down, a tirade
a)
diatribe
b)
emasculate
c)
deride
d)
disparage
27.
cause of war, an event that is an excuse for military action
a)
jingoist
b)
fractious
c)
casus belli
d)
bellicose
28.
dreamy, lazy, weary, "sadness"
a)
feckless
b)
lassitude
c)
stagnant
d)
tepid
29.
using facial expressions or acts in an amusing way
a)
risible
b)
lampoon
c)
droll
d)
farce
30.
persistence, diligent, sit until it is done
a)
libretto
b)
assiduous
c)
anomie
d)
ersatz
31.
ill feeling of hostility toward people
a)
animus
b)
flay
c)
emasculate
d)
deride
32.
cranky, insubordinate, no respect for authority
a)
agonistic
b)
pugnacious
c)
fractious
d)
truculent
33.
worn down, overstimulated, chip on shoulder, sick of it
a)
ennui
b)
phlegmatic
c)
jaded
d)
lassitude
34.
parody, publicly mock, ridicule, tease
a)
sardonic
b)
farce
c)
caricature
d)
lampoon
35.
substitute, replacement, 2nd string
a)
incubus
b)
ersatz
c)
imbroglio
d)
quidnunc
36.
to judge so harshly and strongly, can make cry
a)
temerity
b)
deride
c)
lacerate
d)
excoriate
37.
combative, antagonistic in conflict
a)
agonistic
b)
contentious
c)
fractious
d)
belligerent
38.
to feel purposeless, depressed
a)
doldrums
b)
feckless
c)
ennui
d)
jaded
39.
good-natured or cruel distortion in words or images to create humor
a)
risible
b)
droll
c)
lampoon
d)
caricature
40.
male demon that shows up in dreams of women and tortures them
a)
polygamy
b)
incubus
c)
pubescent
d)
assiduous
41.
to castrate, weaken, especially that of women to men
a)
emasculate
b)
excoriate
c)
lacerate
d)
flay
42.
aggressive, war-like, crazy behaviour
a)
truculent
b)
casus belli
c)
belligerent
d)
bellicose
43.
morbid, not moving, smelly from standing still so long
a)
inertia
b)
lassitude
c)
phlegmatic
d)
stagnant
44.
horseplay, improbable situations, ridiculous play
a)
lampoon
b)
droll
c)
farce
d)
risible
45.
a small tangle, dispute, small arguement
a)
anomie
b)
quidnunc
c)
libretto
d)
imbroglio
46.
to criticize someone so harshly it's like stripping their skin off
a)
emasculate
b)
disparage
c)
flay
d)
animus
47.
all for fighting, stand behind the country and their military
a)
casus belli
b)
jingoist
c)
contentious
d)
agonistic
48.
"so-so", indifferent, muted, apathetic in manner
a)
tepid
b)
stagnant
c)
jaded
d)
lassitude
49.
pranks, foolish behaviour, amusing tampering
a)
farce
b)
lampoon
c)
antics
d)
droll
50.
many spouses, wives or husbands
a)
incubus
b)
pubescent
c)
ersatz
d)
polygamy