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ENG4 Honors Midterm Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

a)

eschew

b)

congeal

c)

largesse

d)

banal

2.

He felt like it was a ______ detail to the case that there was proof his client was at work at the time.

a)

eschew

b)

encomium

c)

germane

d)

tenable

3.

She wanted to _____ her point by showing video proof that she took her dog for a walk at 6 pm.

a)

emulate

b)

arrogate

c)

belabor

d)

substantiate

4.

to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

a)

taciturn

b)

temporize

c)

acquisitive

d)

carping

5.

What is this picture of?

a)

accost

b)

halcyon

c)

maelstrom

d)

overt

6.

The decision to go behind his back and go eat without him was a ______ one.

a)

devious

b)

talisman

c)

myopic

d)

incendiary

7.

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

a)

brackish

b)

maelstrom

c)

devious

d)

histrionic

8.

He _____ responded with a bulleted list of his expectations and no more explanation.

a)

propriety

b)

pejoratively

c)

celerity

d)

summarily

9.

Senator John McCain arranged his own funeral prior to his death and asked two former Presidents to deliver a _ for him.

a)

talisman

b)

eulogy

c)

evince

d)

piquant

10.

Senator Lindsey Graham was visibly _ while delivering a rememberance of his friend on the Senate floor.

a)

frenetic

b)

pusillanimous

c)

distraught

d)

jocular

11.

During Hurricane Florence, a few folks claimed to have seen the Gray Man Ghost on the beaches of South Carolina, but skeptics believe it was just a _ of their imaginations.

a)

accuity

b)

figment

c)

strategem

d)

bastion

12.

When I was in high school, only my one friend Lindsey had a car/cell phone, but now they are _.

a)

fecund

b)

reputed

c)

ubiquitous

d)

derelict

13.

I was very glad when the students acted with absolute ___ during the field trip. It showed they could represent our school in a respectful manner.

a)

esoteric

b)

propriety

c)

celerity

d)

acuity

14.

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

a)

myopic

b)

histrionic

c)

sacrilege

d)

verdant

15.

My mom made my favorite meal that was ___ to my tastebuds.

a)

penchant

b)

piquant

c)

reputed

d)

sumptuous

16.

It is considered ___ to suggest an idea opposite of a religion while you are in their house of worship.

a)

derelict

b)

inane

c)

abject

d)

sacrilege

17.

mundane

a)

Earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary.

b)

Shame and disgrace.

c)

Sharpness

d)

ridiculous, laughable, absurd

18.

Ignominy

a)

shame and disgrace

b)

To acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away,

c)

A subtle or slight variation

d)

A strong attraction or inclination.

19.

He was seen as a ___ human when the girl was found on the shipping container on his property.

a)

reputed

b)

disarray

c)

depraved

d)

propinquinty

20.

She ________(ed) him when she showed up at his car and told him what he did to wrong her while she pushed him to the ground.

a)

accost

b)

hallow

c)

glean

d)

cavort