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English 4 vocab quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abjure

a)

to renounce, repudiate under oath; to avoid, shun

b)

To hurt

2.

Abrogate

a)

cancel; deny; repeal

b)

to ignore

3.

abstemious

a)

self denying; refraining from indulging

b)

To excuse or send away

4.

acumen

(a)  

5.

Antebellum

a)

Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

b)

shrewdness shown by keen insight

6.

auspicious

a)

conducive to success; favorable

b)

Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

7.

belie

a)

contradict; give a false impression

b)

conducive to success; favorable

8.

bellicose

a)

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

b)

contradict; give a false impression

9.

bowdlerize

a)

remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral

b)

Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

10.

chicanery

a)

deception by means of craft or guile

b)

remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral

11.

Chromosome

a)

A threadlike, gene-carrying structure found in the nucleus. Each chromosome consists of one very long DNA molecule and associated proteins.

b)

deception by means of craft or guile

12.

churlish

a)

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

b)

remove or change parts considered vulgar or immoral

13.

circumlocution

a)

an indirect way of expressing something

b)

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

14.

Circumnagivation

a)

Travel completely around something

b)

an indirect way of expressing something

15.

deciduous

a)

(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

b)

Travel completely around something

16.

deleterious

a)

Harmful

b)

shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

17.

deffident

a)

lacking in self-confidence; shy

b)

harmful

18.

enervate

a)

lacking in self-confidence; shy

b)

to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

19.

enfranchise

a)

To weaken

b)

To give the right to vote

20.

Epiphany

a)

sudden realization

b)

Short lived