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vocab for midterm 2021

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A wise saying, a proverb

a)

flashy

b)

facetious

c)

adage

d)

veer

2.

Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

a)

genial

b)

antics

c)

divergent

d)

pseudonym

3.

A sounding together; agreement or accord

a)

unison

b)

instill

c)

avowed

d)

plaudits

4.

To assign or distribute in shares or portions

a)

adage

b)

annulled

c)

perspective

d)

allot

5.

To reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

a)

divergent

b)

annul

c)

idiom

d)

belittle

6.

Humorous, not meant seriously

a)

porous

b)

unison

c)

epitaph

d)

facetious

7.

A brief statement written on a tomb or gravestone

a)

epitaph

b)

scapegoat

c)

avowed

d)

antics

8.

Showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

a)

purging

b)

annulled

c)

solicitous

d)

innumerable

9.

Full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

a)

porous

b)

idiom

c)

innumerable

d)

pseudonym

10.

A point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance

a)

adage

b)

finessed

c)

perspective

d)

forthright

11.

To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift, swerve

a)

veer

b)

attributed

c)

apitaph

d)

avowed

12.

Frank, direct, straightforward

a)

veer

b)

finessed

c)

forthright

d)

abashed

13.

A figure of speech that means “showing little reason” or “foolish", not to be interpreted literally and is an informal expression unique to every language.

a)

euphemism

b)

context clue

c)

idiom

14.

Tending to be different or develop in different directions

a)

finessed

b)

divergent

c)

audacious

d)

veer

15.

Being left out, excluded

a)

audacious

b)

grapple

c)

invalidated

d)

omission

16.

Exclude someone or something from a group

a)

ostracized

b)

grapple

c)

pseudonym

d)

belittle