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AP Vocabulary Summative Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

promethean

a)

lion-like

b)

hairy

c)

persistent

d)

life-giving

2.

leonine

a)

hairy

b)

sluggish or dull

c)

fickle

d)

lion-like

3.

pertinacity

a)

bitter feelings

b)

persistent determination

c)

deceitfulness

d)

a beginner

4.

vagaries

a)

wild or unpredictable ideas

b)

stories

c)

slapstick comedies

d)

inhabitant or native

5.

bagatelle

a)

something that you eat for breakfast

b)

something that inspires

c)

something of little importance; an easy task

d)

something of great importance; a difficult task

6.

hirsute

a)

smelly; rotten

b)

unorthodox; radical

c)

hairy; shaggy; fuzzy

d)

timid; shy

7.

temerity

a)

sin; iniquity

b)

tentativeness; restraint

c)

friendliness; geniality

d)

boldness; impertinence

8.

laconic

a)

wordy; verbose; loquacious

b)

cordial; friendly, amiable

c)

concise; terse; brief

d)

offensive; obnoxious; base

9.

draconian

a)

optimistic; positive; cheerful

b)

strict; stringent; harsh

c)

difficult to comprehend

d)

moody; ill-tempered; irritable

10.

trite

a)

vapid; common; cliched

b)

trout's cousin

c)

overwhelming

d)

unusual; imaginative

11.

rancor

a)

admiration; respect; regard

b)

fondness; infatuation

c)

bitterness; hate; resentment

d)

isolation; rejection

12.

bovine

a)

sluggish; dull; cow-like

b)

speedy; energetic

c)

a type of vine

d)

jovial; affable

13.

adulterate

a)

refine; improve

b)

sully; degrade; taint

c)

clarify

d)

cleanse

14.

exigency

a)

leaving an agency

b)

extreme absorption with oneself

c)

a state of heightened awareness

d)

want; need; requirement in a given situation

15.

conciliate

a)

pacify; appease; placate

b)

provoke; annoy

c)

conceal; hide

d)

peruse; study; examine

16.

pique

a)

to mislead

b)

to confuse

c)

to excite

d)

to entertain

17.

evince

a)

demonstrate; reveal; show; make clear

b)

complicate; muddle; blur

c)

annoy; vex; provoke

d)

contradict; repudiate; contest

18.

burgeon

a)

deny

b)

shrink

c)

wither

d)

flourish

19.

cupidity

a)

honesty

b)

generosity

c)

greed for money or possessions

d)

affection

20.

promulgate

a)

deny; repudiate

b)

promote; make widely known

c)

censure; lambaste

d)

whisper

21.

saturnine

a)

gloomy; melancholic; somber

b)

jovial; happy

c)

uncertain; pending

d)

contentious; quarrelsome; captious

22.

succumb

a)

resist; withstand

b)

assert; declare; proclaim

c)

submit; surrender; yield

d)

revise; alter; change

23.

atone

a)

make up for a wrong

b)

assist

c)

modify

d)

degrade

24.

exacerbate

a)

misrepresent

b)

make a problem, situation, or negative feeling better

c)

calm

d)

make a problem, situation, or negative feeling worse

25.

lampoon

a)

surrender; give up

b)

praise; support

c)

encourage; influence; motivate

d)

satirize; mock; ridicule

26.

avant garde

a)

boring; dull; unoriginal

b)

apathetic; indifferent; passive

c)

radical; inventive; revolutionary

d)

cautious; aware; attentive

27.

farce

a)

?

b)

?

c)

?

d)

a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.

28.

respite

a)

rest; break; lull

b)

retort; counter; reply

c)

a second spite

d)

oration; speech

29.

garrulous

a)

shy

b)

talkative

c)

timid

d)

quiet

30.

fledgling

a)

a person or organization that is immature, inexperienced, or underdeveloped

b)

a person who makes pottery

c)

a person who studies birds

d)

a person who can speak more than three languages

31.

anomaly

a)

sameness; standard

b)

a shy child

c)

oddity; irregularity; exception

d)

a given name

32.

mercurial

a)

constant; unchanging

b)

deceptive; ambiguous

c)

promising; favorable

d)

fickle; unpredictable

33.

exhort

a)

to defame

b)

strongly encourage or urge

c)

deter; discourage

d)

adhere to regulations

34.

cynosure

a)

a person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration

b)

a person who enjoys the outdoors

c)

a person who fears circles

d)

a person who excels in math

35.

riposte

a)

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

b)

a sudden realization

c)

a type of bird

d)

a long speech

36.

disparage

a)

uplift; praise

b)

reveal; make known

c)

belittle; denigrate

d)

confuse; bewilder

37.

ennui

a)

desperation; distress

b)

hopefulness; promise

c)

energy; animation

d)

boredom; lethargy

38.

intimate

a)

hint; imply

b)

satisfy; fulfill

c)

sully; defile

d)

question, interrogate

39.

quisling

a)

novice; beginner

b)

patriot; loyalist

c)

traitor; colluder

d)

someone who asks a lot of questions

40.

succor

a)

undermine

b)

disavow

c)

renounce

d)

aid; give assistance to