Works for hire, money over principle

Hedonistic, wild, excessive behavior

Public shame, disgrace, dishonor

Obedient, cooperative, easy to teach

To cast overboard, to throw out

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Multicultural Lit: Vocabulary Units 1-3

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This Quiz reviews the vocabulary for Units 1-3 in Prestwick House's Vocab for the ACT/SAT book two.

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Extraneous
Hated, repellent, taboo
To turn over or deliver a prisoner to another jurisdiction
Not essential, extra
Extremely detail oriented
2
Hated and repellent; something taboo, contemptible
Castigate
Coerce
Anathema
Temerity
3
Mercenary
Works for hire, money over principle
Extremely thin, wasted away
A person who buys and sells things
Socially awkward, lacking grace
4
Avarice
A small insect
Greed
Numereous
Stealthy
5
Deliver a prisoner to another legal jurisdiction
Dogma
Imbroglio
Furtive
Extradite
6
Copious
Easily angered
Adaptive
Plentiful, large in number
Good dealing with stress
7
Meticulous
Extremely detail oriented
Lacking flavor, dull and boring
To reveal, share a secret
Prejudiced, hostile, bitter
8
Libation
Friendly, outgoing
Expiring quickly, short lived
Socially awkward
A drink, especially alcoholic
9
Reckless disregard of danger, brash, foolhardy
Banter
Motley
Temerity
Jaundiced
10
Rigid right or wrong thinking; stubbornly arrogant in belief
Banter
Docile
Gauche
Dogmatic
11
The bomb disposal officer cut the wire with _________ care.
Copious
Irascible
Dogmatic
Meticulous
12
Bacchanalian
Hedonistic, wild, excessive behavior
Easily angered
Greedy, grasping
Someone from planet Bacchan
13
Motley
Public shame
A drink, especially alcoholic
Made of mixed parts
Not essential, extra
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Dogmatic societies _________ people who think for themselves or that encourage new ways of doing things.
Divulge
Ostracize
Jettison
Extradite
15
Ignominy
Public shame, disgrace, dishonor
Stubborn, recalcitrant
Uneducated, ignorant
Happy circumstance
16
A network of ideas through which something is understood
Framework
Gauche
Ostracize
Ignominy
17
To assist or encourage, especially in a crime
Abet
Temerity
Insipid
Gregarious
18
A strong defense or fortress
Bastion
Jettison
Dogma
Anathema
19
Extremely thin, wasted away
Banter
Despondent
Motley
Emaciated
20
Lacking social graces, socially awkward
Docile
Gauche
Castigate
Heretic
21
To act sneaky; secretive, stealthy behavior
Bacchanalian
Irascible
Extradite
Furtive
22
Noticing the pirates were gaining on them, the Captain ordered all extraneous cargo __________ to increase their speed.
Jettisoned
Emaciated
Extradited
Ostracized
23
Docile
Punish severely, scold harshly
Made of mixed parts
Playful conversation; small talk
Obedient, cooperative, easy to teach
24
Hot tempered, quick to take offense, easily angered
Copious
Mercenary
Irascible
Bastion
25
Jettison
To travel quickly
To keep and protect
Extraordinary, outstanding
To cast overboard, to throw out
26
To banish, exile, isolate or otherwise shut out
Docile
Banter
Ostracize
Irascible
27
My family is my ___________; without them, I would be overwhelmed by stress.
Avarice
Bastion
Libation
Heresy
28
Cannibalism is __________ in almost every culture.
Emaciated
Anathema
Motley
Docile
29
Divulge
To force, to use pressure
Extremely detailed
Prejudiced and hostile
Reveal, share a secret
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To frame something most often means to
manipulate a situation in an unethical way
Put into a strategic context
Make the innocent look guilty
Compare it with something similar
31
Gregarious
Boring, tasteless
Socially awkward
Outgoing, sociable, friendly
Assist in a crime
32
To force by using pressure
Coerce
Meticulous
Insipid
Abet
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To criticize, to scold, or punish severely
Banter
Coerce
Castigate
Docile
34
George paid for his __________ weekend when he failed the exam on Monday
Bacchanalian
Insipid
Irascible
Mercenary
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Belief that goes against accepted norms or dogma; a criminal belief
Gauche
Banter
Dogma
Heresy

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