Vocabulary Review

1. Vocabulary Review

2. Don’t worry about finishing the essay tomorrow; because you have so much homework already, I’ll grant you a _________. • grime • reprieve • rural • profuse

3. If you ______________ to be famous in the field of acting, you will need talent, patience, and a bit of luck. • abstain • adjourn • aspire • persevere

4. When the weather gets warm at the end of the school year, it’s easy to become ___________ about finishing all of one’s work. • mandatory • lackadaisical • adapt • verified

5. After the heavy rainfall, the ________ of the pines pervaded the woods. • attribute • pariah • whimsy • aroma

6. If you are a(n) _____________ latecomer to school, you may be spending many hours in Saturday detentions. • chronic • biased • fatal • arid

7. We were sympathetic to the _______ of the homeless in New York City. • dearth • plight • animosity • zeal

8. If you are ______________ against any minority group, you will not make a very fair school teacher. • discriminate • biased • irate • tangible

9. If a teacher is too ____________, her students will be able to get away with anything. A) lax B) devout C) compact D) elite

10. Brian’s serious illness ________ considerable concern among his classmates. • apprehended • denoted • adjourned • evoked

11. They believed him, only because his story was too fantastic to have been _______. A) whimsical B) reprieved C) fatal D) fabricated

12. Winning an Olympic medal would certainly _____ the status of any athlete. • adverse • exalt • ramble • lax

13. If you want to get into Honors Algebra next year, you must make sure to pass this _______________ test. A) symmetrical B) crucial C) cosmopolitan D) squalid

14. We must wait for a(n) ___________ time to ask Dad for money; otherwise, he’s sure to say, “no.” • awry • timorous • opportune • insuperable

15. Suzy is a compulsive liar, so there’s no need to give much ___________ to what she tells you. • decadence • rancor • caricatures • credence

16. The principal had to______ the students about their end-of-the year prank. • admonish • recluse • permeate • abstain

17. A well-known college city, York is big enough to feel __________, but small enough not to be overwhelming. A) elite B) gluttonous C) adverse D) cosmopolitan

18. Since she is a ______ person, she frequently checks her watch to make sure she will be on time for meetings. • punctilious • wry • zealous • insuperable

19. In writing a telegram, a person must be _________, since he pays for every word transmitted. • fickle • corpulent • concise • radiant

20. Rob became ________________ when he thought his wallet was stolen, but he calmed down after he found it under his chair, safe and sound. • lax • distraught • malice • provincial

21. Joey thought that Ms. Goas’ directions were too _______________, so he attempted to _______________ them. • dejected, admonish • melancholy, rally • auspicious, feign • ambiguous, clarify

22. When watching Romeo and Juliet, try to recognize the many ______ that might foreshadow _______ events. • dirge, lamentation • omens, fatal; • plight, dearth • fabrication, radiance

23. During World War II, many of Europe’s Jews were in ______ need of a safe ________. • profuse, peer • dire, caricature • imperial, ordeal • dire, haven

24. When Martha saw the _______little boy, her _________ instincts came out and she scooped the child up in a hug. • discriminated, interminable • dilapidated, punctilious • plighted, sublime • timorous, maternal

25. When Ms. Goas saw the insulting __________, she became _________ and demanded to know who the “artist” was. A) counselor, vehement B) glutton, corpulent C) caricature, irate D) conformist, belligerent

26. One could say that Romeo is too _________ with his emotions; one day, he loves Rosaline, and the next day he is feeling ________ towards Juliet. A) whimsical, fatal B) fickle, amorous C) awry, devout D) unkempt, fortitude

27. Roger never ______ to regular fashion trends; instead, he always _________ bold, _______ clothing. A) discriminates, fabricates, fatal B) comprehends, chides, chic C) adapts, dispels, prodigious D) conforms, flaunts, garish

28. The SYNONYM of tangible: • balanced • real • enraged • sharp

29. The SYNONYM of alias: • Alliance • Plight • Pseudonym • Coalition

30. The SYNONYM of interminable: • infinite • imprudent • persist • dispel

31. The SYNONYM of conform: • deviate • explain • adapt • endure

32. The SYNONYM of innovation: • novelty • distortion • corpulence • alias

33. The SYNONYM of sublime: • punctual • scrupulous • twisted • inspiring

34. The SYNONYM of chide: • retaliate • imprudent • persist • admonish

35. The SYNONYM of replenish: • remove • distort • supply • disguise

36. The ANTONYM of whimsical: • futile • serious • hilarious • foolish

37. The ANTONYM of abstain: • indulge • advise • mourn • hasten

38. The ANTONYM of expedite: • copy • forswear • slacken • imply

39. The ANTONYM of awry: • askew • symmetrical • imply • determine

40. The ANTONYM of decadence: • improvement • decay • decline • speed up

41. The ANTONYM of atrocity: • pen name • altercation • era • benevolence

42. The ANTONYM of capricious: • whimsical • foolhardy • steadfast • fickle

43. The ANTONYM of profuse: • fair • stinting • generous • tidy

44. The ANTONYM of taut: • tense • tight • bruised • yielding

45. The ANTONYM of dejected: • gladdened • depressed • despondent • hastened