11th Grade Vocab List 3

Question 1

Instead of just saying why she's mad, your friend might choose to address you in terse words.

Accepted Answer

clipped

Question 2

My ____ grandpa will patch his clothing before buying new.

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penurious

Question 3

Peyton Farquhar was summarily hanged, meaning...

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swiftly

Question 4

Which word does NOT use the prefix -dis in the same way as "disavow?"

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discuss

Question 5

The prefix -greg in gregarious is related to the word ____.

Accepted Answer

herd

Question 6

The idiom "rub salt in the wound" means to ____ an already painful situation.

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exacerbate

Question 7

Which word does NOT use the prefix/root -dic the same way as "dictum?"

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dichotomy

Question 8

After removing her weights, the ballerina in Harrison Bergeron moved in graceful ___.

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undulations

Question 9

What is an antonym of insipid?

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exhilarting

Question 10

The root of unscrupulous is scruples, meaning all of the following except...

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sins

Question 11

Which vocabulary word names the cipher machine used to create secret codes at the end of WWI?

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enigma

Question 12

Some teen romances are rather fickle, ___________.

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changing often

Question 13

I feel like I'm in the middle of an acclivity, not yet experiencing the 4th MP downhill break.

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upward slope

Question 14

Sometimes I think parents take their kids to Wal-Mart just to castigate them.

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punish

Question 15

Pop quizzes never helped to ____ her already prevalent school anxiety.

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mitigate

Question 16

The meaning of the prefix -preter in preternatural is...

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beyond

Question 17

Some are ambivalent about school pride; others don overzealous spirit wear.

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undecided

Question 18

There's a huge difference between sarcastic and vitriolic words. Vitriolic words are more:

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scathing

Question 19

Ambivalent is synonymous with _____.

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Irresolute

Question 20

The best response to _______ people is to ignore them, depriving them of their power.

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Imperious

Question 21

Thankfully, my migraines happen only between lengthy _____.

Accepted Answer

periodicity

Question 22

What is an antonym for effaced?

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construct

Question 23

Most students try to ameliorate bad habits; few are complacent about failure.

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improve/fix

Question 24

The -punct of punctilious, puncture, and punctual means...

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point

Question 25

People with ornithophobia might fear ravens are ravenous for their souls.

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hungry

Question 26

Presage is a warning; its root comes from the meaning: ____.

Accepted Answer

a wise man

Question 27

The lives of the people in Lowry's The Giver are lackluster, completely bereft of color.

Accepted Answer

without

11th Grade Vocab List 3

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11th Grade Vocab List 3

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