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Honors 11 Vocab List 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

The camp served as a small (a)   or outpost, a bit of domestic comfort surrounded by wild jungle.

2.

The Philippines has overtaken Indonesia as the coronavirus hot spot in Southeast Asia — the country has more than 122,000 confirmed cases. Critics say it has no coherent pandemic response plan.


In this context, the word COHERENT means:

a)

having a constant phase relationship

b)

logical and consistent

c)

unable to speak intelligibly

d)

pen to more than one interpretation

3.

Once you see both the old woman and the young one in this image, you realize it is:

a)

ambidextrous

b)

ambivalent

c)

ambitionless

d)

ambiguous

4.

Which of the following situations fit the definition of the word ADHERE?

a)

You tell your friend they should really try coming to your youth group because it's way better than their youth group.

b)

You accidentally spill soda in a book, and now the pages are sticky and won't open.

c)

You try to use a glue stick, but it's all dried up and won't work.

d)

You're tempted to do something against your beliefs, but instead you maintain your moral code.

5.

If you get accidentally ingest a poison, you need to get the:

a)

antidote

b)

anecdote

c)

analgesic

d)

anteater

6.

The people of the town were so divided that it seemed there could be no compromise or solution to the debate. They were at an unsolvable (a)  

7.

A new word...has entered our lexicon: "doomscrolling."

The recent onslaught of dystopian stories related to the coronavirus pandemic, combined with stay-at-home orders, have enabled our penchant for binging on bad news. But the habit is eroding our mental health, experts say. In this context the word PENCHANT means:

a)

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

b)

hostility or ill feeling

c)

a situation in which no progress is possible

d)

a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something

8.

A mural attributed to the British street artist Banksy was stolen this weekend from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. The painting, of a ghostly veiled figure with a downcast gaze, is believed to be a memorial to the 90 people who died there in a 2015 terrorist attack. In this context, the word ATTRIBUTE means:

a)

cite (a book or other artistic work) as being issued or performed in someone's honor

b)

a quality or feature regarded as an inherent part of something

c)

regard something as being caused by someone or something

d)

to blame someone or something for producing a certain effect

9.

Someone who ignores you when you wave and barely speaks to you when you talk to them seems rather:

a)

aloof

b)

animus

c)

arcane

d)

antagonize

10.

Which of the following sentence makes correct use of the word BEFALL?

a)

I could not believe that an asteroid had befallen on my house.

b)

The wizard prophesied that terrible things would befall the kingdom in the coming year.

c)

This year a plague has befallen the land, and many are sick and sore.

d)

Of all the things to befall me, I never dreamed true love would be one of them.

11.

If you're having trouble making payments or tight on cash, your loan servicer might suggest that you opt for forbearance, which puts your student loan payments temporarily on hold. But that doesn't necessarily mean that forbearance is the best option for you. [It] might sound like a good idea — but it can leave you with higher payments and higher interest in the long run. In this context, the word FORBEARANCE means:

a)

patient self-control; restraint and tolerance.

b)

the action of refraining from exercising a legal right, especially enforcing the payment of a debt

c)

to begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

d)

to forgive or erase; to cancel completely

12.

This GIF best fits the word:

a)

aloof

b)

ambiguous

c)

befall

d)

antagonize

13.

America's most famous feuding families, the Hatfields and the McCoys, enjoyed a tenuous relationship at best when a dispute over a hog in 1878 exploded tensions into an epic vendetta. The two clans warred along the Kentucky and West Virginia border for decades, culminating in the 1888 New Year's Day ambush that left several members of the McCoy family dead. This story is an example of ongoing:

a)

animus

b)

aloof

c)

burgeon

d)

antagonize

14.

Although not magical, as far as I am concerned, these symbols are still quite:

a)

coherent

b)

burgeon

c)

arcane

d)

ambiguous

15.

As summer turns in to fall, the apple trees begin to (a)   with heavy, ripe fruit.