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BNW 16-17 Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Obscure

a)

strong vengeful anger or indignation

b)

not readily understood or clearly expressed

c)

to make gestures especially when speaking

d)

a sudden violent emotion or action

2.

Galvanized

a)

to make gestures especially when speaking

b)

to cause to sleep or rest : SOOTHE

c)

to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

d)

shock or excite (someone) into taking action

3.

Listlessness

a)

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

b)

openly acknowledged or declared

c)

a low or downcast state

d)

not readily understood or clearly expressed

4.

Lulling

a)

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

b)

strong vengeful anger or indignation

c)

to cause to sleep or rest : soothe

d)

reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct

5.

Degraded

a)

to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

b)

reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct

c)

to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats

d)

tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something

6.

Bolstered

a)

to cause to sleep or rest : soothe

b)

to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

c)

cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance

d)

to give a boost to

7.

Ingenuity

a)

cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance

b)

shock or excite (someone) into taking action

c)

exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

d)

to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement

8.

Grovel

a)

a low or downcast state

b)

to make gestures especially when speaking

c)

to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement

d)

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra

9.

Superfluous

a)

not readily understood or clearly expressed

b)

tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something

c)

exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

d)

exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra

10.

Impunity

a)

to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

b)

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

c)

exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

d)

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

11.

Sedulously

a)

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

b)

a sudden violent emotion or action

c)

shock or excite (someone) into taking action

d)

stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

12.

Obstinately

a)

to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats

b)

not readily understood or clearly expressed

c)

openly acknowledged or declared

d)

stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

13.

Avowed

a)

cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance

b)

openly acknowledged or declared

c)

to give a boost to

d)

to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

14.

Manifest

a)

to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

b)

to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

c)

a low or downcast state

d)

tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something

15.

Deprecating

a)

tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something

b)

exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

c)

cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance

d)

openly acknowledged or declared

16.

Paroxysm

a)

to make gestures especially when speaking

b)

characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit

c)

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

d)

a sudden violent emotion or action

17.

Gesticulating

a)

strong vengeful anger or indignation

b)

stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

c)

to make gestures especially when speaking

d)

involving or accomplished with careful perseverance

18.

Bluster

a)

to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats

b)

to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

c)

to make evident or certain by showing or displaying

d)

to give a boost to

19.

Postulates

a)

a sudden violent emotion or action

b)

openly acknowledged or declared

c)

to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary

d)

to cause to sleep or rest : soothe

20.

Wrath

a)

exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

b)

a sudden violent emotion or action

c)

reduced far below ordinary standards of civilized life and conduct

d)

strong vengeful anger or indignation