Final Vocabulary Quiz #3

 

Final Score ______

 

Name______________________                                                  Mrs. D’Amato 

Date_______________________                                                 Class_____________     Period#___

 

Choose 50 Questions out of the 69 to answer and each question is worth 2 pts.

 

 

Use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks:

 

corybantic, rendition, ingenuous, delve, roustabouts, atrabilious, purloined, rebarbative, rutilant, mythomania, quip, ex parte, hemidemisemiquavers, clepsydra, jocose, multifarious, ameliorate, hypothecated, canard, euphemisms, usance, louche, internecine, wowser, underwhelmed, henotheism, gibe, whammy, apparatchiks, jackanapes, churlish, alfresco, prothalamion, demulcent, thimblerig, prehensile, somnolent, fulminating, aperfunctory, wetware, multifarious, youthquake, opuscula, riparian, pratfalls, absolve, vilify, inkhorn, sumptuous, valedictory, wallahs, barleycorn, infixes, deus ex machine, flimflammed, brackish, overweening, grog, scrimshander, akimbo, sprachgefuhl, nonage, pluvial, longanimity, camarilla, impertinent, temerity, foreshortened, fulcrum, askew,

 

 

  1. With the right ­­­­­________ at the helm, the company should be able to turn a sizeable profit.

 

  1. The crowd began to ____________ at the basketball player who kept missing free throws.

 

  1. The pianist's fingers became a blur flying over the keys as she played the difficult            ____________ of the allegro movement.

 

  1. Clearly offended, Susan refused to answer an ____________ question about her marriage.

 

  1. Mrs. Grayson was one of several people in the neighborhood who were ____________ into donating money to the phony charity.

 

  1. "Location, location and location. That's what it's all about, trumpet the real-estate ____________." (Tony Baker, The Advertiser, August 3, 2005)

 

  1. The dot-com industry was the epicenter of the ____________ of the 1990s.

 

  1. The boss seemed to prefer ____________ to anyone with a glimmer of independent thought.
  2. Our neighbors are looking forward to the summer, when they'll be able to dine ____________ on their new patio

 

  1. We had a wonderful vacation, even if our time at the beach was ____________ by two days of rain.

 

  1. The king requested that the court poet commemorate the marriage of the princess with a ____________

 

  1. "I am no whit ____________; I always hear best with my eyes shut."

 

  1. During certain periods of Egyptian history, the pharaohs and their subjects practiced ____________

 

  1. Mr. Hughes had his neighbor's son pegged as a disrespectful ____________ and was therefore reluctant to hire him to shovel the driveway.

 

  1. Jennie wrote an editorial for her town's local paper ____________ on the topic of dress codes in the public schools.

 

  1. From the sound of the first guitar chord, the mosh pit looked like a swarm of bees in a ____________ dance.

 

  1. Early in her career, the singer starred in a stunning ____________ of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde

 

 

  1. The professor peppered his lectures with ____________ terms of pseudo-Latin and Greek, a practice he felt essential to instilling in his students the proper respect for his knowledge.

 

  1. "In addition to suffixes and prefixes, the language [Inuktitut] has ____________, denoting tense or gender. . .."

 

  1. There might be a deeper reason why Bruce decided to quit his job, but I don't think we should ____________ into it.

 

  1. The arrival of the circus was marked by the shouts of ____________ hauling canvas and erecting huge tent poles.

 

  1. Conscious of his landlord's ____________ temperament, Daniel knew to wait until the moment was right before asking for an extension on the rent.

 

  1. Using his ____________ tail, the monkey was able to seize the pen right out of my hand!

 

  1. Carol discovered that Mike had ____________ her idea for her essay and used it in his own paper.

 

  1. "Austere on the outside, the Genoese palazzi's interiors are ____________ and gilded, bursting with frescoes, mirrors, and tapestries...." (Gabriella de Ferrari, Travel & Leisure, September 1994)

 

  1. One review of the book praised the author's ____________ and her graceful, literary style.

 

  1. June used her ____________ address to emphasize the importance of volunteering and community service.

 

  1. It was amusing to watch the ____________ of the slow-witted cartoon cat as he was continually outsmarted by the clever mouse.

 

  1. A resistance group has sprung up and is plotting to overthrow the tyrant leader and his ____________.

 

  1. Water is often ____________ and undrinkable at points where freshwater rivers flow into the sea.

 

  1. Aunt Helen would never say that someone had "died"; she preferred to communicate the unpleasant news with ____________ like "passed on."

 

  1. "Make an investment of any spare monies as may render some ____________." (Lord Byron)

 

  1. When the three brothers took over the family business together, it didn't take long for the ____________ feuding to begin.

 

  1. The museum's ____________ hunched over a bit of bone, scraping it gently with a tiny needle, then brushed away the chips and held up the intricate design so we could see it.

 

  1. The figure skater's lackluster performance ____________ the judges.

 

  1. "I'm no ____________, but I draw the line at abusive, foul-mouthed drunks."

 

  1. Clearly exhausted after a long day on her feet, our server gave us only ____________ greeting before taking our drink orders.

 

  1. The therapist speculated that Sharon's ____________, which makes her want to embellish even the most minor details of her life, may have been triggered by a specific event.

 

  1. The development of a revolutionary microprocessor became the ____________ of the company's success as an information technology giant.

 

  1. The book is a collection of ____________ written by the author between his two major novels.

 

  1. Residents of the ____________ community learned to brace themselves for a flood whenever torrential rain was forecast.

 

  1. "Eureka was, after all, the last home of Carry Nation, that ax-wielding foe of ____________, Demon Rum and all their evil ilk."

 

  1. The fact that Andrew was the ringleader does not ____________ his friends of responsibility for their part in the prank.

 

  1. Only a ____________ could resolve the novel's thorny crisis.

 

  1. Embarrassed by the surprise party we threw for her, Joyce held up her hands in an effort to hide her ____________ face.

 

  1. Janet's angry letter chastised members of the media for attempting to ____________ her brother, the disgraced ex-councilman.

 

  1. The official was thrown into jail for having the ____________ to publicly disagree with the dictator.

 

  1. The ____________ ambition of the novel's principal character eventually leads to his downfall.

 

  1. "Let's go and find a real bar," said Mort. "We shouldn't have to settle for the ____________ they serve in this place."

 

  1. She was obviously very upset over losing the match, but that's no excuse for her ____________ behavior toward her opponent.

 

  1. The model, arms ____________, struck a pose at the end of the runway.

 

  1. Peter the Great became the czar of Russia while still in his ____________, so the country was ruled for a time by his half-sister Sophia.

 

  1. The ____________ climate of England didn't dampen our trip; instead, it gave us a chance to visit some excellent pubs and chat with the locals.

 

  1. Grandmother bore the trials and tribulations of her life with ____________.

 

  1. The scientist ____________ that the lab rats' new behavior was linked to changes in their sleep patterns.

 

  1. To almost every comment I made, Adam responded with a ____________ and a smile.

 

  1. I prefer that news program because it sticks to unbiased reporting with no ____________ commentary.

 

  1. "The face of the old man was stern, hard-featured, and forbidding; that of the young one, open, handsome, and ____________." (Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby)

 

  1. "Maybe we should reintroduce the ancient Greek practice of timing political speeches with ____________ -- when the water is gone, the oration is over," suggested Alfie.

 

  1. Adrianna frequently wrote to her local newspaper to complain about the redundant headlines, ____________ editorial commentary, and grammatical errors.

 

  1. "The nation's working poor have been hit by another ____________," said the senator, referring to a recent tax hike.

 

  1. The lozenges had a____________ effect, and my sore throat was soon feeling much better

 

  1. In the office, Ellie's lively,____________ personality keeps everyone smiling and upbeat.

 

  1. Access to clean water would ____________ living conditions within the village.

 

  1. John listed his ____________ interests and activities on his college application.

 

  1. Her novels are populated by ___________ characters wasting their days in brothels and seedy bars.

 

  1. "Last week's storm," Chet declared, "showed us that the claim that lightning cannot strike the same place twice is nothing more than a _____________."

 

  1. Jeff didn't realize that the bookshelf he had hung on the wall was slightly ____________ until he placed a pen on it and it rolled off the edge.

 

  1. The appraiser looked closely at the painting and then reluctantly told us that we had been ______________ into buying a worthless copy.