Holt Vocabulary Workshop Grade 10 Lesson 2 Test

Question 1

adj. overly dramatic, emotional, or sentimental; sensational

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Melodramatic

Question 2

adj. angered by the unfairness or meanness of something

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Indignant

Question 3

adj. unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate

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Ineffectual

Question 4

adj. praiseworthy; deserving approval or credit

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Commendable

Question 5

adj. vibrating rapidly; energetic, vigorous; produced by vibration (as in sound); stimulating

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Vibrant

Question 6

adj. mysterious; n. a person who believes that truth can be known through spiritual insight

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Mystic

Question 7

adj. lacking mercy; insensitive; thick and hardened; having calluses

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Callous

Question 8

v. to die; to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire

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Succumb

Question 9

v. to make a face showing pain, annoyance, and the like; n. a negative distortion of the face

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Grimace

Question 10

adj. sensible; wise and careful; discreet; prudent

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Judicious

Question 11

n. a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake, especially in parts of the southern USA

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Bayou

Question 12

adj. capable of being shaped by hammering or pressure; having the capacity to be changed easily

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Malleable

Question 13

n. a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities

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Personification

Question 14

v. to state the meaning in other words; n. a rewording of the meaning of a text

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Paraphrase

Question 15

adj. full of curious ideas or notions; oddly out of the ordinary; unpredictable

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Whimsical

Question 16

adj. unconquerable; unyielding; not easily overcome

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Indomitable

Question 17

adj. friendly; agreeable; good-natured

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Amiable

Question 18

adj. uneasy; fearful about the future

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Apprehensive

Question 19

n. a face or a facial expression; appearance

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Visage

Question 20

adv. in the exact words; adj. following the original exactly

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Verbatim

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