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Week 3 English 1 vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Ameliorate Mean?

a)

to improve, to make better, to correct a flaw or shortcoming

b)

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

c)

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

d)

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

2.

Aplomb

a)

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

b)

saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; verb--to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

c)

poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

d)

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; verb--to hide, to cover up; to eclipse; noun--matters involving the supernatural

3.

Bombastic

a)

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; verb--to hide, to cover up; to eclipse; noun--matters involving the supernatural

b)

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

c)

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; noun--likely idea that lacks definite proof

d)

to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly;l to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; adjective--characterized by excessive haste; noun--moisture; the product of an action or process

4.

Callow

a)

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

b)

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; verb--to hide, to cover up; to eclipse; noun--matters involving the supernatural

c)

to violate, to trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

d)

to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; adjective--characterized by excessive haste; noun--moisture; the product of an action or process

5.

-saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; verb--to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

a)

Inveigh

b)

Drivel

c)

Interloper

d)

Stringent

6.
  1. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

a)

Ex officio

b)

Occult

c)

Permeate

d)

Epitome

7.
  1. to urge strongly, advise earnestly

a)

Stringent

b)

Precipitate

c)

Exhort

d)

Lassitude

8.

Ex officio

a)

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; verb--to hide, to cover up; to eclipse; noun--matters involving the supernatural

b)
  1. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

c)

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; noun--likely idea that lacks definite proof

d)

by virtue of holding a certain office

9.

Infringe

a)

to violate, to trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

b)

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

c)

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

d)
  1. -to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

10.

Ingratiate

a)

saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; verb--to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

b)
  1. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

c)

to urge strongly, advise earnestly

d)

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

11.

Interloper

a)

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

b)

one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

c)
  1. to urge strongly, advise earnestly

d)

pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

12.

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

a)

Intrinsic

b)

Drivel

c)

Bombastic

d)

Surmise

13.

Inveigh

a)

to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

b)

without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

c)

to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly;l to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; adjective--characterized by excessive haste; noun--moisture; the product of an action or process

d)

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; noun--likely idea that lacks definite proof

14.

weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

a)

Occult

b)

Ex officio

c)

Drivel

d)

Lassitude

15.

Millennium

a)
  1. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

b)

a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

c)

by virtue of holding a certain office

d)

to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

16.

secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; mysterious, magical, uncanny; verb--to hide, to cover up; to eclipse; noun--matters involving the supernatural

a)

Stringent

b)

Occult

c)

Exhort

d)

Aplomb

17.

Permeate

a)

to violate, to trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

b)
  1. to urge strongly, advise earnestly

c)
  1. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

d)

to spread through, to penetrate, to soak through

18.

to fall as moisture; to bring about suddenly;l to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; adjective--characterized by excessive haste; noun--moisture; the product of an action or process

a)

Precipitate

b)

Interloper

c)

Exhort

d)

Callow

19.

strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

a)

Ameliorate

b)

Ingratiate

c)

Stringent

d)

Bombastic

20.

to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; noun--likely idea that lacks definite proof

a)

Ingratiate

b)

Epitome

c)

Surmise

d)

Intrinsic