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9th Grade Vocab Review Quiz 2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to bring under control by conquest

a)

subjugate

b)

quell

c)

defile

d)

recant

2.

iota

a)

an extremely small amount

b)

offering nothing that is fresh, interesting, or challenging

c)

without the basic necessities of life

d)

poor or needy

3.

deserving blame

a)

culpable

b)

proxy

c)

inane

d)

salve

4.

Choose the antonym: mollify

a)

irritate

b)

innocent

c)

soothe

d)

scarcity

5.

unrelated to the subject being dealt with

a)

extraneous

b)

recant

c)

jocular

d)

complicit

6.

nonchalant

a)

easygoing or indifferent

b)

to imitate

c)

to make foul or unclean

d)

overly sentimental

7.

fractious

a)

easily irritated or bad-tempered

b)

to imitate

c)

to remove completely

d)

to shorten

8.

malleable

a)

easily influenced; pliable

b)

to harshly criticize

c)

to treat in an indulgent or overprotective manner

d)

tiny, unimportant details

9.

maelstrom

a)

turbulence and agitation

b)

showing interest or concern

c)

a short period of rest during a difficult task

d)

great skill or expertise

10.

All of the following belong with acumen EXCEPT

a)

ingnorance

b)

experience

c)

insight

d)

shrewdness

11.

posthumous

a)

taking place after one's death

b)

turbulence and agitation

c)

round or spherical

d)

a thing that spoils or damages something else

12.

intending harm to others

a)

malevolent

b)

benevolent

c)

sinuous

d)

pejorative

13.

expressing disapproval or belittling someone/something

a)

pejorative

b)

linchpin

c)

browbeat

d)

a typical example or model of something

14.

humorous or playful

a)

jocular

b)

rife

c)

burnish

d)

mawkish

15.

stupefy

a)

to make someone unable to think clearly

b)

unrelated to the subject being dealt with

c)

a thing that spoils or damages something else

d)

to abruptly reject

16.

staid

a)

respectable, serious, and old-fashioned

b)

producing a great deal of money

c)

intending harm to others

d)

round or spherical

17.

ghastly

a)

causing great horror or fear

b)

concise and filled with meaning

c)

overflowing

d)

intending harm to others

18.

rife

a)

overflowing

b)

poor or needy

c)

round or spherical

d)

a perfect example of something

19.

a person who is fanatical in pursuit of religious or political ideals

a)

zealot

b)

compunction

c)

vapid

d)

waif

20.

priggish

a)

in a morally superior manner

b)

with a dry or mocking humor

c)

humorous or playful

d)

producing a great deal of money

21.

a comparison between two unlike things using like, as, or than

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

imagery

d)

onomatopoeia

22.

a story in which a story's characters represents or symbolize ideas and concepts

a)

allegory

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

symbolism

23.

a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

a)

analogy

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

symbolism

24.

the literal or dictionary definition of a word

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

catharsis

d)

satire

25.

the intended message of work of literature or art

a)

theme

b)

plot

c)

exposition

d)

climax