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Week 7 Vocab Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

musingly or dreamily thoughtful; suggestive of sad thoughtfulness

a)

eloquent

b)

pensive

c)

jesting

d)

pragmatic

2.

human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn; trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly

a)

tragic

b)

pretentious

c)

pious

d)

satirical

3.

marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism; resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought

a)

sentimental

b)

self-effacing

c)

tragic

d)

pious

4.

marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship; marked by conspicuous religiosity

a)

pretentious

b)

pious

c)

pensive

d)

sentimental

5.

making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing); expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature

a)

pretentious

b)

pious

c)

pensive

d)

sentimental

6.

marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism; resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought

a)

pretentious

b)

pious

c)

pensive

d)

sentimental

7.

marked by forceful and fluent expression; vividly or movingly expressive or revealing

a)

eloquent

b)

pensive

c)

jesting

d)

pragmatic

8.

a joking or mocking remark; a prank; a ludicrous circumstance or incident; a frivolous mood or manner ; merriment

a)

eloquent

b)

pensive

c)

jesting

d)

pragmatic

9.

(a)   about her upcoming date, my sister did not hear me when I called her name.

10.

The (a)   preacher had the congregation focused on his every word.

11.

The principal did not find the (a)   to be funny; she considered it a deviant prank

12.

His (a)   view of public education came from his years of expeience working in city schools.

13.

Although he makes much more money than his peers, he does his best to avoid acting (a)   .

14.

He was revered by many as a saint because he was so (a)   .

15.

The gray eyes held a glint of something more than humor, but his lips twisted into a (a)   smile.

16.

Since my father gave me the glove and the baseball, they both have (a)   value to me.

17.

It was a (a)   love story, one she knew the end to and dreaded seeing how it came to be that way.

18.

Sue has a slightly zany, (a)   , bubbly personality, which opposes her meticulous, time-consuming love for something bright and beautiful.42

19.

Children love bright colors and (a)   designs.