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The Awakening Vocab Quiz Ch. 3-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Not marked by careful distinctions; haphazard.
a)
indiscriminate
b)
malign
c)
indignity
d)
discriminate
2.

Although they ____________ ,or show, an appearance of having the perfect family, they have all too many problems.

a)

euphony

b)

evince

c)

exhort

d)

evoke

3.
What word means to blame or criticize?
a)
derision
b)
reproach
c)
clamor
d)
taciturn
4.
Dan did not enjoy his job as a dishwasher. It was monotonous work, doing the same thing over and over.
Monotonous means:
a)
inspiring
b)
disgusting
c)
boring
d)
dangerous
5.
What does the word abundance mean in the sentence below?
A tropical rain forest has an abundance of wildlife.
a)
a stack
b)
a shortage
c)
a small group
d)
a great amount
6.

unspoken, silent; implied, inferred

a)

platitue

b)

ruminate

c)

tacit

d)

tangible

7.

Severe suffering or mental or physical pain

a)

putrid

b)

anguish

c)

smote

d)

potency

8.

v. to express sorrow: MOURN

a)

assuage

b)

lament

c)

malignant

d)

satiate

9.

Definition: To beg or pray for something fervently. To plead urgently.

a)

implore

b)

languid

c)

zealous

d)

haphazard

10.

Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends; reconciliation

a)

propaganda

b)

solidarity

c)

surrogate

d)

atonement

11.
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome 
a)
Encumbrance 
b)
Vindicate
c)
Sultry
d)
Reverie 
12.
to think over in a worried way
a)
brood
b)
culminate
c)
indulge
d)
loom
13.

You should ERASE your mistakes, or ____ them.

a)

extol

b)

hinder

c)

efface

d)

quell

14.

someone or something is the perfect representative

a)

austere

b)

scapegoat

c)

embodiment

d)

insomniac

15.

indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt.

a)

spoonerism

b)

portmanteau word

c)

diminutive

d)

metonymy

16.
Lisa's _____ chocolate cake tastes so good but makes you feel so sick later on!
a)
invective
b)
magnanimous
c)
grandiloquence
d)
insidious
17.
Unamiable means...
a)
disbelief
b)
not good natured
c)
anticipated 
d)
saturated
18.

Since the bank installed an ____________________ safe, it has not been robbed.

a)

cursory

b)

feasible

c)

impervious

d)

tepid

19.

This word means "odd or comical"

a)

Droll

b)

Tangible

c)

Imperative

d)

Quarry

20.

accommodations especially at a continental European hotel or boardinghouse

a)

Pension

b)

Atonement

c)

Embodiment

d)

Tacit