Duplicate of Level H Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

As the old saying doesn't quite go, you shouldn't be so ______ over spilled milk.

Accepted Answer

lachrymose

Question 2

The spy's mask bore striking _________ in comparison with the face of the person he imitated.

Accepted Answer

verisimilitude

Question 3

Because I put ______ effort into my college essay, the admissions board read only the 1st word.

Accepted Answer

minuscule

Question 4

She could forgive their _______ of forgetting to RSVP because they were so remorseful.

Accepted Answer

solecism

Question 5

Words like "groovy," "boss," "bad," and "tubular" could go in a ______ of outdated slang.

Accepted Answer

lexicon

Question 6

Clueless about the topic, I tried to _____ that fact with big words and long sentences.

Accepted Answer

obfuscate

Question 7

Love-struck, the boy was ____ both in his blushing face and his feeling she liked him, too.

Accepted Answer

sanguine

Question 8

"We must _____ these do-gooders from our ranks!" hollered the maniacal dictator.

Accepted Answer

deracinate

Question 9

As a wise man once said, "Don't be ______ and then drive."

Accepted Answer

bibulous

Question 10

The proselytes operated under the ________ of their leader.

Accepted Answer

aegis

Question 11

The politician's poll numbers were so low that the cheering onlookers had to be just a _____.

Accepted Answer

claque

Question 12

The issue of immigration in this country has resulted in very _____ positions.

Accepted Answer

polarized

Question 13

The pastor referred to his congregation as little children and watched over with a sense of __.

Accepted Answer

paternalism

Question 14

When Mrs. Bode said we must come Saturday to do practice AP tests, she was outside her _____.

Accepted Answer

purview

Question 15

Asking a million questions is a trait _______ to toddlers around the world.

Accepted Answer

indigenous

Question 16

Within the hierarchical social group, some were meant to be in charge, and others were their _______.

Accepted Answer

vassals

Question 17

Her ________ on the art of procrastination wasn't as illuminating as hoped because of her rush in writing it.

Accepted Answer

exegesis

Question 18

Homeland Security failed to _______ us of the invading zombie hordes, so now we're in trouble!

Accepted Answer

apprise

Question 19

The cave in Plato's allegory is a ______ for the world of the unenlightened.

Accepted Answer

microcosm

Question 20

Getting into the parking lot in the AM feels like getting caught at the center of a ___.

Accepted Answer

melee

Questions 20