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E Unit 14 Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of alacrity?

a)

a cheery readiness

b)

to clarify, explain

c)

to praise

d)

to act in a lazy manner

2.

What is the definition of alleviate?

a)

to relieve, make more bearable

b)

talkative

c)

generous in forgiving

d)

required; obligatory

3.

What is the definition of antithesis?

a)

the direct opposite

b)

ordinary, not outstanding

c)

slow-moving

d)

to repeal

4.

What is the definition of appall?

a)

to fill with dismay or horror

b)

lively; sprightly; full of energy

c)

to sharpen, put an edge on

d)

an order issued by someone in authority

5.

What is the definition of bellicose?

a)

warlike in manner or temperament

b)

amusingly odd

c)

not in harmony

d)

to belittle, speak slightly of

6.

What is the definition of disparage?

a)

to belittle, speak slightly of

b)

a cheery readiness

c)

to relieve, make more bearable

d)

the direct opposite

7.

What is the definition of dissonant?

a)

not in harmony; disagreeing

b)

to clarify, explain

c)

to sharpen, put an edge on

d)

lively; sprightly

8.

What is the definition of droll?

a)

amusingly odd

b)

to act in a lazy manner

c)

to repeal, cancel

d)

to act in a lazy manner

9.

What is the definition of edict?

a)

an order issued by someone in authority

b)

ordinary, not outstanding

c)

talkative

d)

generous in forgiving

10.

What is the definition of elucidate?

a)

to clarify, explain

b)

required; obligatory

c)

ordinary, not outstanding

d)

to fill with dismay or horror

11.

What word means "to praise"?

a)

laud

b)

alacrity

c)

whet

d)

alleviate

12.

What word means "to act in a lazy manner"?

a)

loll

b)

antithesis

c)

vivacious

d)

elucidate

13.

What word means "talkative"?

a)

loquacious

b)

appall

c)

rescind

d)

edict

14.

What word means "generous in forgiving"?

a)

magnanimous

b)

bellicose

c)

phlegmatic

d)

droll

15.

What word means "required; obligatory"?

a)

mandatory

b)

disparage

c)

nondescript

d)

dissonant

16.

What word means "ordinary, not outstanding"?

a)

nondescript

b)

dissonant

c)

magnanimous

d)

loquacious

17.

What word means "slow-moving; sluggish"?

a)

phlegmatic

b)

alacrity

c)

laud

d)

loll

18.

What word means "to repeal, cancel"?

a)

rescind

b)

roll

c)

vivacious

d)

bellicose

19.

What word means "lively"?

a)

vivacious

b)

disparage

c)

edict

d)

antithesis

20.

What word means "to sharpen, put an edge on"?

a)

whet

b)

loll

c)

appall

d)

dissonant