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Vocabulary Unit Test
WSHS - 2nd - Vocabulary Unit Test #1 Long/Tedder
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Documentary | presentation built upon factual events |
| Diversion | a turning aside, as of traffic; pastime |
| Ecstatic | filled with rapture: overjoyed |
| Diminutive | tiny |
| Disperse | to scatter or spread; drive away |
| Eject | to throw out forcefully; to evict |
| Effervescent | bubbly; lively |
| Edify | to instruct, especially morally; to enlighten |
| Electorate | all persons having the right to vote |
| Edifice | a building or structure, especially an imposing one |
| Emancipate | to set free |
| Encumber | to hinder; to burden; to weigh down |
| Elite | the best or most skilled members of a group |
| Encompass | to surround |
| Emphatically | forcefully; assertively |
| Erratic | not steady; irregular; uncertain |
| Episode | an installment, as of a series |
| Equilibrium | a state of balance; mental or emotional poise |
| Enjoin | to command, especially in law; to forbid |
| Ensure | to come next; to happen as a consequence |
| Conducive | helpful; favorable |
| Constitute | a necessary part or element; a voter represented by an elected official |
| Condescend | to take on an air of superiority |
| Consolidate | to unite; to combine |
| Condole | to express sympathy |
| Curtail | to shorten; to reduce |
| Contemptuous | showing or feeling scorn |
| Debase | to lower the character or worth of something |
| Convene | to meet |
| Crony | a close friend or companion; a buddy |
| Delectable | pleasing; delicious |
| Decimate | to destroy or kill a large part of |
| Decrepit | worn out or broken down by old age; illness, or long use; feelble;weak |
| Defunct | no longer inexistence or functioning; dead |
| Debut | a first public appearance; a formal entrance into society |
| Deteriorate | to become worse; to diminish |
| Destitute | poverty-stricken; penniless |
| Devastation | destruction; desolation |
| Detonate | to blow up; to cause to explode; to explode |
| Demure | reserved; assuming an air of modesty or shyness |
| atrocious | wicked or cruel; exceedingly bad |
| assert | to express or declare firmly |
| axiom | a self evident truth |
| astute | showing keen judgment; crafty |
| automonomy | independence |
| besiege | to surround in order to capture; to crowd around |
| bedlam | an uproar or confusion |
| beguile | to cheat or deceive |
| bayou | a marshy inlet or the outlet of a river or lake in parts of the southern US |
| balmy | mild and pleasant; soothing (weather) |
| bias | a prejudice or personal tendency; a line slanting diagonally across the weave of a fabric |
| botch | to spoil by poor work |
| bourgeois | the middle class |
| bestride | to straddle |
| breach | to violate |
| canine | of or like a dog |
| buffet | a meal set out so that people may serve themselves; a piece of dining room furniture |
| callous | unfeeling; thick and hardened |
| carp | to complain |
| cant | insincere talk |
| caustic | substance that burns or corrodes; sarcastic; biting |
| casement | a window that opens on hinges along its side |
| charisma | a special quality of leadership that inspires devotion |
| clangor | a loud ringing sound |
| censure | a condemning judgment; to criticize or blame |
| clientele | a group of customers or patrons |
| clemency | leniency or mercy; mildness |
| coffer | a box or chest |
| closure | the act of closing; a conclusion or finish |
| cliche | an overused idea or expression |
| commendable | praiseworthy |
| coincidental | occurring thogether by accident |
| compassion | deep sympathy |
| colloquial | informal language |
| commence | to begin |
| conceive | to imagine or develop; to become pregnant with |
| compliance | the act of adapting to or giving in |
| compatible | able to get along; harmonious |
| composure | self-possession; calmness |
| concession | an act of granting or yielding; a business operating on another's premises |
| Abound | to teem; to exist in large numbers |
| Abdicate | to give up or renounce office or power |
| Aesthetic | artistic; sensitive to beauty |
| Acquittal | a setting free by judgment of a court |
| Admirably | commendably; excellently |
| Analogy | a likeness between different things; a comparison |
| Affiliate | to associate or unite with a larger body; an associated person or organization; a member |
| Affidavit | a written statement made under oath |
| Amnesty | a general pardon; especially for political prisoners |
| Amiable | friendly; good-natured; pleasant |
| Anthropology | the study of the physical, cultural, and social development and behavior of humanity |
| Annihilate | to destroy in large part or completely |
| Appease | to soothe or pacify; to satisfy, especially by giving in to demands |
| Antiquity | ancient times |
| Apex | the highest pint of something; vertex |
| Aptitude | a talent; natural ability |
| Apprehensive | afraid |
| Arbiter | a person chosen to decide a dispute; a judge |
| Ascertain | to find out; to learn through research |
| Archaic | old-fashioned; no longer in general use |
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