VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 7-9

VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 7-9 AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION

IDENTIFY THE WORD FOR EACH GIVEN DEFINITON

1 • To calm or pacify • To lessen

2 • Misleading • Not based on reality

3 • Festive, genial

4 • Done slyly or stealthily • secret

5 • A complement; match

6 • impudence

7 • Short-lived

8 • Of little value or importance

9 • A person who hates or despises people

10 • excessive

11 • To waver weakly in mind or will

12 • A beginner, novice

13 • Shining, radiant, resplendent

14 • An overwhelming verbal vote of approval

15 • To slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously

16 • Secret agreement

17 • The act of traveling

18 • A sudden outburst • A spasm

19 • An authoritative command, formal order • To issue such an order

20 • Not easily excited

21 • Out and out • blatant

22 • To appease, pacify

23 • One of a series of grades in an organization • A step-like formation or arrangement

24 • To cast off, discard • shed

25 • Stupid or foolish

26 • To soak thoroughly

27 • A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path • Destructive force

28 • A prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation

29 • Scarcity, dearth

30 • To tear down

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31 In beating their prisoner, the guards were guilty of a truly _____ act. allay bestial illusory convivial

32 • The storefront was painted in _____ colors so that it would attract the attention of passersby. garish picayune tyro mandate

33 • Robert Browning and his _____ had ideas about poetry that seemed revolutionary in their day. inordinate refulgent arrant coterie

34 • In view of the high prices for home heating oil, the mild winter was a _____ turn of events. • felicitous demur illusory garish

35 • The speech in favor of the proposal was drowned out by a chorus of _____ from the senate floor. paucity raze demur litany

36 The best storytellers _____ their tales in ways that help readers visualize the setting. juggernaut paucity saturate embellish

37 • When the chorus in the Greek tragedy hears that the king has died, they tear their _____ in anguish. arrant raiment misanthrope peregrination

38 • The number of homeless and _____ persons has increased since the economy took a downturn. slough echelon fatuous indigent

39 • The defense attorney was _____ as a bulldog in his cross-examination of the witness. pertinacious raze fatuous refulgent

40 • The captain ordered the crew to _____ the ballast so the ship could move more quickly through the water. vacillate jettison saturate paroxysm

41 • Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, has a decidedly _____ temperament. effrontery furtive saturnine paucity

42 • On the stand, the defendant _____ the guilty admissions she had made in her confession to the police. conciliated recanted litany arranted

43 • In Shakespeare’s plays, disturbances in the heavens usually _____ disaster or trouble in human affairs. badinage paucity portend conciliate

44 • Shouting and name-calling are sure to _____ any quarrel. calumniate recant exacerbate saturate

45 • The jury felt the prosecution presented them with _____ evidence of the defendant’s guilt. mandate irrefutable saturnine paltry

46 • The team’s performance in the late innings was _____ because they were so far ahead. shibboleth lackadaisical tyro acclamation

47 The continuing popularity of horror movies suggests that one way to score at the box office is to exploit the _____. Garner Hallow Ignominy Macabre

VOCABULARY REVIEW UNITS 7-9