List 5-8 Exam Review

 - having a self-confident air; brisk and bouncy

Many of the student's comments were not __________ to the topic of discussion.

Paul the apostle wrote many ____________ to the Corinthians which are now in the Bible.  

The teacher _________________ out very few verbal praises to her students.  

_____________ is the religious way of being sorry.  

Dystopian fiction tends to be ______ because the author is trying to make an obvious point.  

- boring; dull; not pretty and interesting; like prose

antonym: happiness

The ___________ of her academic career was being named a National Merit Scholar.  

- a lawyer in England

When giving harangues, demagogues are able to __________ people into action.  

- a barreling force

- a very large number

antonym - patriot

He treated the book with _____________; he thought it was boring and pointless.

A harangue might or might not _____________ people into action.  

- joking; humorous 

antonym - to deny

antonym - wild and open; not shy

- an annoying person and an actual type of fly

After hearing about the man’s starving family, most found it easy to ____________ his theft. 

How Austin manages to juggle four balls in the air is an _________.  

examples: a charlatan; a salesman; a con-artist; a romantic

 - to annoy

Ryan's _________________ encouraged the divorce; he was not always who he pretended to be.  

- humorous yet indecent

examples: Presidential campaigners, tyrannical rulers, civil rights and activist speakers

The sycophant servant always bowed to his ___________ on the way out.  

He was a ______________ of the finer things in life: wines, cheeses, cigars.

examples: police person, teacher, singer, janitor, retail sales, doctor

I couldn't stand to see Mark be such a ________________ and lowering himself to her level.

antonym - decorated; ornate; flowery

antonym - energetic

 - to stop short and refuse to go

- an error

- eager to give advice or tell the rules

Demagogues constantly give _______________ that may or may not be true.

Phillip was an ___________ student and was always curious and willing to learn.  

 - doubtful; distrustful of actions or motives

In an attempt to impress, Dr. Lowery is so pretentious and ____________ during his lectures.

On Bonfire Night, Englanders burn ____________ of Guy Fawkes.  

- without refinement or delicacy; gross; blunt

The ___________ of colors displayed by my plasma tv is more than yours.  

Someone who considers the practical and reasonable meanings of life is _____________.  

- a novice

- destructive; deadly

examples: villains, criminals, evil doers

- to find not guilty of a fault or crime

- to detest; to hate strongly

We wished she wouldn't be _____________; she always ruined our plans by changing her mind.  

The new car was similar, but there was a ______________ in the hue.

- to agree

- courage; guts

Our readings were __________ and not of imaginative or religious natures.  

Many philosophers strove to ______________ to others the meaning of life 

I found the narrator's personality quite silly and __________ at times.  

-without sense or meaning; shallow; silly

examples :  salesmen, lovers, con-artists - they are unctuous

The woman's house was ___________ and filled with stacks of books.  

antonym - humble; reserved

Meeting her hero would allow her to _____________ in her presence.  

His extreme _______________ rendered it impossible for him to sit through the lecture.  

- secret

He could not ____________ his wife into staying.  

 antonym - kind; friendly; good-humored 

Machiavelli wrote that leaders should be _____________ but not abhorred by their followers.  

antonym - ignorant, unlearned

- present but not active

On Halloween, many children are _____________.  

antonym - certain; sure

- belief or trust 

 - one who dabbles

The __________ symbolism in the novel is difficult for most to understand.  

antonym - quiet and yielding

- thrifty

Their relationship was ________; it would blow away in the wind if it could.  

- an organized or obsessive group

antonym - easily placated

Some careers involve the employee being _____________, like firefighting or piloting.

antonym- seriousness, heaviness

 - noble; generous

The __________ city was teeming with crime and poverty.