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E.O.Q English Test
End of Quarter English 7th Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abusive | involing abuse or mistreatment; harmful |
| affliction | pain or distress; suffering; anything that causes pain, distress, or suffering |
| askew adjective | turned or twisted the wrong way; crooked |
| askew adverb | out of proper positions; crookedly |
| assailant | a person who attacks |
| banish 1. | to send or drive away; to get rid of |
| banish 2. | to force to leave a place by order of some high authority |
| Compromise Noun | a settlement in which each side gives up something; a thing midway between two other things in quality |
| Compromise Verb | brief and clear |
| coincide 1. | to occur at the same time |
| coincide 2. | to agree exactly; to be just alike |
| dissension | disagreement; quarreling; hard feelings cause by a different opinion |
| durable | able to resit change |
| elusive | hard to capture |
| implore | to beg earnestly; to ask urgently |
| impudence | rude disrespect; unashamed boldness |
| injurious | causing or likely to cause harm |
| intensive | showing or requiring great effort, force, or attention; thorough |
| Interticate | full of details; complicated |
| mimicry | the act of copy or imitating; imitation |
| nimble | moving lightly and quickly |
| obliterate | to blot or wear away, leaving no trace; to erase |
| phenomenal | very unusual; extraordinary |
| pivot noun 1. | the pin or shaft on which a thing turns |
| pivot noun 2. | a turning movement |
| pivot verb | to turn on, or as if on, a pivot |
| rectify | to make right correct; to correct |
| reprimand noun | a sharp scolding or criticism, especially,by a person in authority |
| reprimand verb | to scold or criticize sharply |
| sinister 1. | suggesting harm, evil, or misfortune; threating |
| sinister 2. | evil; wicked |
| squabble noun | a noisy quarrel about something unimportant |
| squabble verb | to take part in a squabble |
| Trubulent | full of violent motion or activity; not smooth or calm |
| unscatched | in no harmed or injured; unhurt |
| upstanding | honest and respectable in character and behavior; honoable |
| Valiant | brave; courageous; heroic |
| wearisome | causing weariness or boredom;tiring or tiresome |