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FCP Units 8-11 Summative Test Review

Total questions: 118

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

beyond argument

a)

fatuous

b)

arrant

c)

irrefutable

d)

saturnine

2.

light and playful conversation

a)

echelon

b)

juggernaut

c)

paucity

d)

badinage

3.

thoroughgoing, out-and-out

a)

irrefutable

b)

arrant

c)

macabre

d)

saturnine

4.

stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

a)

macabre

b)

fatuous

c)

saturnine

d)

lackadaisical

5.

far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

a)

picayune

b)

pertinacious

c)

garish

d)

inordinate

6.

to assert without proof or confirmation

a)

conciliate

b)

raze

c)

allege

d)

slough

7.

to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

a)

raze

b)

slough

c)

countermand

d)

portend

8.

Lacking in or not based on reality

a)

ephemeral

b)

inordinate

c)

illusory

d)

picayune

9.

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful; to aggravate, intensify, or worsen

a)

saturate

b)

slough

c)

portend

d)

exacerbate

10.

one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity

a)

echelon

b)

paucity

c)

juggernaut

d)

litany

11.

tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way

a)

pertinacious

b)

garish

c)

bestial

d)

illusory

12.

to reconcile, make consistent

a)

saturate

b)

conciliate

c)

exacerbate

d)

raze

13.

to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome

a)

allay

b)

demur

c)

jettison

d)

embellish

14.

a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

a)

litany

b)

juggernaut

c)

paucity

d)

badinage

15.

done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty

a)

indigent

b)

convivial

c)

furtive

d)

ephemeral

16.

light and playful conversation

a)

echelon

b)

juggernaut

c)

paucity

d)

badinage

17.

an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

a)

juggernaut

b)

paucity

c)

echelon

d)

litany

18.

to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary

a)

exacerbate

b)

raze

c)

recant

d)

slough

19.

to assert without proof or confirmation

a)

conciliate

b)

raze

c)

allege

d)

slough

20.

having death as a subject

a)

saturnine

b)

irrefutable

c)

macabre

d)

arrant

21.

to give advance warning of

a)

recant

b)

slough

c)

saturate

d)

portend

22.

to tear down, destroy completely

a)

raze

b)

slough

c)

exacerbate

d)

countermand

23.

beyond argument

a)

fatuous

b)

arrant

c)

irrefutable

d)

saturnine

24.

to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity

a)

slough

b)

saturate

c)

portend

d)

allege

25.

a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

a)

litany

b)

juggernaut

c)

paucity

d)

badinage

26.

to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract

a)

saturate

b)

conciliate

c)

recant

d)

slough

27.

to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first

a)

raze

b)

slough

c)

countermand

d)

portend

28.

cold or sluggish in mood

a)

macabre

b)

lackadaisical

c)

saturnine

d)

fatuous

29.

lacking spirit or interest, halfhearted

a)

saturnine

b)

macabre

c)

lackadaisical

d)

fatuous

30.

a long list

a)

paucity

b)

badinage

c)

echelon

d)

litany

31.

Synonym: lackadaisical work ethic

a)

effective

b)

peculiar

c)

halfhearted

d)

poor

32.

Synonym: portends great opportunities ahead

a)

guarantees

b)

suggests

c)

fears

d)

wants

33.

Synonym: razed the old hotel

a)

admired

b)

painted

c)

demolished

d)

moved

34.

Synonym: a listener of macabre stories

a)

grotesque

b)

uninteresting

c)

inspiring

d)

amusing

35.

Synonym: gave a litany of chores

a)

brief summary

b)

long list

c)

draft

d)

illustrated guide

36.

not easily excited

a)

chary

b)

imperturbable

c)

paltry

d)

refulgent

37.

a shout of welcome

a)

increment

b)

acclamation

c)

tyro

d)

paroxysm

38.

an authoritative command, formal order, authorization

a)

acclamation

b)

collusion

c)

mandate

d)

tyro

39.

Antonym: bucolic setting

a)

pastoral

b)

traditional

c)

cryptic

d)

metropolitan

40.

Synonym: paltry allotments of food

a)

minimal

b)

regular

c)

occasional

d)

gigantic

41.

Synonym: spoke only to calumniate the representative

a)

anger

b)

elect

c)

praise

d)

slander

42.

Synonym: an imperturbable manager

a)

unflappable

b)

experienced

c)

excitable

d)

skillful

43.

Synonym: groups of wealthy dilettantes

a)

volunteers

b)

recruits

c)

amateurs

d)

professionals

44.

an enlargement, increase, addition

a)

pedantry

b)

peregrination

c)

paroxysm

d)

increment

45.

to accuse falsely and maliciously

a)

mandate

b)

vacillate

c)

calumniate

d)

vituperate

46.

a long list

a)

paucity

b)

badinage

c)

echelon

d)

litany

47.

extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to)

a)

imperturbable

b)

chary

c)

paltry

d)

unremitting

48.

trifling, insignificant

a)

dilettante

b)

paltry

c)

unremitting

d)

refulgent

49.

secret agreement or cooperation

a)

dilettante

b)

pedantry

c)

peregrination

d)

collusion

50.

a dabbler in the arts

a)

paroxysm

b)

shibboleth

c)

dilettante

d)

acclamation

51.

characteristic of the countryside, rural

a)

bucolic

b)

paltry

c)

chary

d)

dilettante

52.

having death as a subject

a)

saturnine

b)

irrefutable

c)

macabre

d)

arrant

53.

a beginner, novice

a)

dilettante

b)

tyro

c)

pedantry

d)

paroxysm

54.

a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others

a)

shibboleth

b)

tyro

c)

acclamation

d)

mandate

55.

shining, radiant, resplendent

a)

vituperative

b)

refulgent

c)

chary

d)

bucolic

56.

not stopping, maintaining steadily, never letting up, relentless

a)

vituperative

b)

refulgent

c)

unremitting

d)

chary

57.

to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another

a)

mandate

b)

vacillate

c)

calumniate

d)

vituperative

58.

harshly abusive, severely scolding

a)

redolent

b)

unremitting

c)

bucolic

d)

vituperative

59.

an excursion, especially on foot or to a foreign country

a)

mandate

b)

peregrination

c)

dilettante

d)

pedantry

60.

secret agreement or cooperation

a)

dilettante

b)

pedantry

c)

peregrination

d)

collusion

61.

a spasm, convulsion

a)

acclamation

b)

shibboleth

c)

paroxysm

d)

peregrination

62.

fragrant, smelling strongly

a)

unremitting

b)

redolent

c)

vituperative

d)

refulgent

63.

extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to)

a)

imperturbable

b)

chary

c)

paltry

d)

unremitting

64.

a pretentious display of knowledge

a)

mandate

b)

pedantry

c)

dilettante

d)

tyro

65.

to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

a)

cavil

b)

attenuate

c)

decimate

d)

rebuff

66.

with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

a)

obtusely

b)

penitently

c)

askance

d)

sporadically

67.

to do without, abstain from, give up

a)

reconnoiter

b)

forgo

c)

rebuff

d)

inure

68.

a weak point, failing, minor flaw

a)

penitent

b)

shambles

c)

foible

d)

charlatan

69.

full or loaded with

a)

fraught

b)

sporadic

c)

obsequious

d)

obtuse

70.

a pretender, imposer, or quack

a)

charlatan

b)

rebuff

c)

penitent

d)

foible

71.

to find fault in a petty way, carp

a)

rebuff

b)

cavil

c)

decimate

d)

inure

72.

to kill or destroy a large part of

a)

oscillate

b)

decimate

c)

inure

d)

reconnoiter

73.

gentle, kind

a)

peremptory

b)

penitent

c)

luminous

d)

benign

74.

Synonym: decimate by disease or famine

a)

frightened

b)

amused

c)

devastated

d)

entertained

75.

Synonym: undone by his own foibles

a)

fantasies

b)

shortcomings

c)

laziness

d)

secrets

76.

Synonym: a task fraught with difficulties

a)

devoid of

b)

loaded with

c)

involving

d)

promising

77.

Synonym: ignored the cavils of the critics

a)

trivial criticisms

b)

plaudits

c)

statements

d)

pointed questions

78.

Synonym: attenuate the mixture by adding water

a)

ruin

b)

season

c)

thin out

d)

complete

79.

Synonym: called him a charlatan

a)

miser

b)

hero

c)

fraud

d)

genius

80.

Synonym: forced by circumstances to forgo luxuries

a)

choose among

b)

pay for

c)

do without

d)

indulge in

81.

Synonym: looked askance at the stranger lurking in the alley

a)

closely

b)

suspiciously

c)

surreptitiously

d)

directly

82.

Synonym: removed the benign growth

a)

malignant

b)

harmless

c)

painful

d)

enlarged

83.

a peremptory manner of speaking

a)

sarcastic

b)

humorous

c)

mild

d)

dictatorial

84.

inured to the discipline of military service

a)

objected

b)

acclimated

c)

attracted

d)

introduced

85.

his peremptory claim to superior knowledge

a)

tentative

b)

high-handed

c)

unexpected

d)

modest

86.

accompanied by

a)

obtuse

b)

obsequious

c)

sporadic

d)

fraught

87.

to make a preliminary inspection

a)

attenuate

b)

reconnoiter

c)

oscillate

d)

inure

88.

marked by slavish attentiveness

a)

obsequious

b)

penitent

c)

peremptory

d)

benign

89.

gentle, kind

a)

luminous

b)

benign

c)

penitent

d)

peremptory

90.

a place of mass bloodshed

a)

foible

b)

penitent

c)

charlatan

d)

shambles

91.

full or loaded with

a)

obsequious

b)

sporadic

c)

fraught

d)

obtuse

92.

one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

a)

cabal

b)

delectable

c)

asperity

d)

eclectic

93.

a clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

a)

detritus

b)

cabal

c)

necromancer

d)

eclectic

94.

overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement

a)

flaccid

b)

onerous

c)

ebullient

d)

rife

95.

bitterness or tartness

a)

rudiments

b)

detritus

c)

asperity

d)

necromancer

96.

to express mild disapproval

a)

abrogate

b)

burnish

c)

winnow

d)

deprecate

97.

to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

a)

deprecate

b)

burnish

c)

sequester

d)

abrogate

98.

to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish

a)

burnish

b)

deprecate

c)

abrogate

d)

sequester

99.

deliciously flavored, savory

a)

inexorable

b)

ebullient

c)

delectable

d)

impecunious

100.

completely surrounding, encompassing

a)

eclectic

b)

ambient

c)

delectable

d)

ebullient

101.

loose bits and pieces of materials resulting from disintegration or wearing away

a)

necromancer

b)

detritus

c)

asperity

d)

cabal

102.

Synonym: may abrogate certain freedoms during wartime

a)

cancel

b)

grant

c)

modify

d)

question

103.

Synonym: sifted through the detritus of the ancient city

a)

records

b)

houses

c)

gardens

d)

ruins

104.

Synonym: the asperity of the editorial writer's comments

a)

even-handedness

b)

bias

c)

fairness

d)

harshness

105.

Synonym: adjusted the level of ambient light in the room

a)

indoor

b)

dim

c)

surrounding

d)

overhead

106.

Synonym: an eclectic in her reading taste

a)

one who draws from different sources

b)

one who only reads newspapers

c)

one who enjoys the classics

d)

one who reads intellectual material

107.

Synonym: cheered by their ebullient fans

a)

loyal

b)

bored

c)

elated

d)

angry

108.

Synonym: delectable dish

a)

broken

b)

bland

c)

fancy

d)

delicious

109.

Synonym: deprecate their behavior

a)

extol

b)

emulate

c)

analyze

d)

frown upon

110.

Synonym: burnished the marble floors to a high gloss

a)

mopped

b)

washed

c)

buffed

d)

painted

111.

Synonym: part of a cabal

a)

conspiracy

b)

organization

c)

committee

d)

government

112.

Antonym: an ebullient crowd

a)

huge

b)

sullen

c)

exuberant

d)

perceptive

113.

Antonym: the paucity of plant life

a)

variety

b)

abundance

c)

scarcity

d)

origin

114.

Antonym: redolent of childhood summers by the sea

a)

illustrative

b)

reminiscent

c)

devoid

d)

unevocative

115.

Antonym: fraught with uncertainty

a)

lacking in

b)

charged with

c)

heightened by

d)

immobilized by

116.

to snub or reject

a)

decimate

b)

rebuff

c)

forgo

d)

cavil

117.

not firm, droop due to lack of water or exercise

a)

flaccid

b)

ambient

c)

onerous

d)

eclectic

118.

constant or unrelenting

a)

paltry

b)

unremitting

c)

refulgent

d)

chary