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AVID 11 Weeks 1-5 Vocabulary Review
AVID 11 Weeks 1-5 Vocabulary Review
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1
In today's world of digital copiers, the old-fashioned mimeograph machine is clearly an ______.
nazism
hedonism
anachronism
curmudgeon
2
After several years of loyal service, the owner decided to ________ the head waiter to manager.
inert
exult
harangue
exalt
3
Lou is a(n)____troublemaker, often disrespecting his teachers and fighting with other students.
incorrigible
capricious
mundane
commensurate
4
On the SAT essay, don't use ________________ expressions, such as "as cold as ice."
germane
maudlin
cantankerous
hackneyed
5
The 60's are considered the age of ________, when everyone felt they had the right to have fun.
munificent
jocular
hedonism
incorrigible
6
The __________________ couple yielded a total of twenty children.
fecund
incorrigible
abash
callow
7
The defendant and his family were shocked by the judge's harsh sentence for such a ___ offense.
jocular
mundane
venial
menial
8
All three judges gave the competing dancers perfect tens for their ________ salsa performance.
jocular
exemplary
mundane
nebulous
9
The ___teenagers were immediately spotted by the bouncers and ousted from the after-hours club.
grandiloquent
chimerical
judicious
callow
10
Ted Turner pledged $1 billion to the UN and asked other wealthy people to be equally _________.
autonimous
exemplary
magnanimous
irascible
11
Freud's insights into human behavior cause his fellow scientists to honor him as a ___ thinker.
convoluted
autonomous
exemplary
profound
12
"Get up, you lazybones," she cried to her husband, who lay in bed ____________________.
capricious
inert
secular
stolid
13
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the tallest _____________ in the world.
commensurate
exemplary
edifice
innate
14
Many teachers feel their low salaries are not ____________ with their abilities and experience.
compulsory
capricious
commensurate
curmudgeon
15
Mary's doctor recommended chemotherapy to _______ the virulent effects of her spreading cancer.
mitigate
deprecate
bastion
daunt
16
It was the criminals' ____________ that finally did them in, as each one informed on the other.
exalt
venal
perfidy
abdicate
17
Giving the table only a_______ swipe with her cloth, Betty said she'd clean it better tomorrow.
convoluted
brusque
abdicate
perfunctory
18
The _______________ child exhausted the baby-sitter, who lacked the energy to keep up with him.
ebullient
callow
convoluted
chimerical
19
Anthony has the __________ ability to listen to a song on the radio, then play it on the piano.
innate
irascile
inert
flagrant
20
Joe's ____ attitude confounds his parents; one minute he's going to college, and then he's not.
brusque
capricious
maudlin
stolid