Holt Vocabulary Workshop Grade 10 Lesson 1 Test

Question 1

adj. pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral

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Ethical

Question 2

v. to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you

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Condescend

Question 3

adj. inherited from or related through one's father; fatherly

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Paternal

Question 4

adj. of or suitable for a select group; n. a group or part of a group regarded as the best

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Elite

Question 5

adj. coming after death

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Posthumous

Question 6

n. all persons having the right to vote

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Electorate

Question 7

n. a wise and trusted teacher; a counselor

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Mentor

Question 8

n. a person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public charity

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Pauper

Question 9

adj. showing or feeling scorn

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Contemptuous

Question 10

n. a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract

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Excerpt

Question 11

n. fame, usually in an unfavorable sense

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Notoriety

Question 12

v. to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's rights, for example)

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Assert

Question 13

v. to develop gradually by process of growth and change

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Evolve

Question 14

n. ancient times; a thing or people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient

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Antiquity

Question 15

n. a setting free by judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligation, etc.

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Acquittal

Question 16

n. patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance

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Fortitude

Question 17

adj. relating to someone or something that foretells events

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Prophetic

Question 18

n. a likeness between two different things; a simillarity; a comparison

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Analogy

Question 19

adj. unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words

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Inarticulate

Question 20

n. a belief different from accepted doctrine

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Heresy

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