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Eng 4 Midterm Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

present, appearing, or found everywhere

a)

inauspicious

b)

ubiquitous

c)

synthesize

d)

gregarious

2.

to shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action.

a)

assiduous

b)

lambast

c)

supplication

d)

galvinize

3.

an excess or abundance of something

a)

surfeit

b)

obsolescence

c)

enmity

d)

percipience

4.

deep-seated, often mutual hatred

a)

discourse

b)

beguile

c)

enmity

d)

apoplectic

5.

(of a diagram or other representation) symbolic and simplified

a)

schematic

b)

didactic

c)

egregious

d)

pious

6.

pontificate

a)

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

b)

express one's opinions in a way considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic

c)

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

d)

to criticize or lecture harshly

7.

unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated

a)

feckless

b)

jocular

c)

schematic

d)

unassailable

8.

lambast

a)

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

b)

to criticize or lecture harshly

c)

to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

d)

overused or lacking originality and meaning

9.

characterized by resentment or envy

a)

jaundiced

b)

pious

c)

inauspicious

d)

egregious

10.

not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

a)

impervious

b)

gregarious

c)

unassailable

d)

jaundiced

11.

supplication

a)

perceptiveness; showing understanding

b)

verbal expression in speech or writing

c)

the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly

d)

an excess or abundance of something

12.

the process of becoming outdated and no longer used.

a)

trite

b)

ubiquitous

c)

discourse

d)

obsolescence

13.

prevaricate

a)

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

b)

verbal expression in speech or writing

c)

speak or act in an evasive way

d)

the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly

14.

sociable, outgoing

a)

panache

b)

gregarious

c)

feckless

d)

jocular

15.

showing great care and perseverance

a)

schematic

b)

inauspicious

c)

assiduous

d)

fortuitous