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Unit 8 Vocab Review
Unit 8 Vocab Review
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Synonyms:
indolent, indifferent, lax;
Antonyms:
energetic, vigorous, wholehearted
fatuous
arrant
macabre
lackadaisical
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To cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
recant
exacerbate
countermand
allege
3
To withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed; renounce,retract
none of these
re-do
raze
recant
4
If a movie is classified as
macabre
, what type of movie is it?
a movie that would be rated PG
mystifying, baffling, and puzzling
happy and jovial; light, playful
grisly,gruesome; horrible, distressing
5
Prayer consisting of appeals to God recited by the leader with responses from the congregation
badinage
raze
echelon
litany
6
The ________ of things worth watching is absolutely mind-boggling nowadays.
none of these
baninage
paucity
echelon
7
A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
a monster truck
litany
juggernaught
badniage
8
The town _________ the old schoolhouse to make room for a larger, more modern complex.
razed
countermanded
recanted
bulldozed
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To soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully.
Syn:
drench, flood
saturate
raze
exacerbate
drain
10
The following sign is a representation of the concept of which vocabulary word...
slough
recant
badinage
arrant
11
What has someone done if they "
alleged
"
ratted information to a tabloid
had an inadequate quantity of something
asserted their findings with evidence
asserted without proof or confirmation
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The following sign is a representation of the concept of which vocabulary word...
macabre
exacerbate
razed
paucity
13
To overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent.
countermand
slough
exacerbate
concilliate
14
Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; shameless, blatant.
Syn:
unmitigated
lackadasical
macabre
fatuous
arrant
15
As a
verb
this means to cast off. As a
noun
this means a mire or a state of depression
badinage
Slough
paucity
juggernaut
16
Synonyms:
silly, inane, idiotic, asinine;
Antonyms:
intelligent, perceptive, bright
saturnine
none of these
macabre
fatuous
17
A light and playful conversation
littany
badinage
echelon
paucity
18
He is noticeably ________ and stiff, not to mention his temperament is always gloomy.
saturnine
macabre
arrant
saturated
19
Impossible to disprove; beyond argument.
syn:
undeniable,indisputible
saturnine
recant
allege
irrefutable
20
to
exacerbate
means to...
to make more severe
worsen
make more violent
all of the above
21
A plunge in atmospheric pressure (conciliates, portends) an oncoming storm.
conciliates
portends
22
The breaking news story concerned corruption among the highest ________ of politics.
paucity
juggernaughts
echelons
litanies
