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SALTEnglishLtVocab2
Quiz Prep Week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What word means "trickery, especially in legal dealings?" | CHICANERY |
| What word means "hatefully bad or wicked; abominable?" | HEINOUS |
| What word means "thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things?" | PENSIVE |
| What word means "green with growing plants or grass; unripe in knowledge or judgment?" | VERDANT |
| What word means "lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, ordinary?" | BANAL |
| What word means "one who organizes and manages a business?" | ENTREPRENEUR |
| Please match the sentence that fits with the word HEINOUS. | Determining exactly what caused the person to commit such a _____ act may be an impossible task. |
| Please match the sentence that fits best with the word VERDANT (unripe in knowledge or judgment). | "Poor _____ Poor verdant fool, and now green ice! thy joys, Large and as lasting as thy perch of grass, Bid us lay in 'gainst winter rain, and poise Their floods with an o'erflowing glass." - Richard Lovelace |
| Please match the sentence that fits best with VERDANT (green) | At sea level, visitors can traipse through the _____ rainforest on hiking trails near streams and pools. |
| Please match the sentence that fits best with CHICANERY. | Politics has always been lousy with blather and _____. |
| Please match the sentence that fits best with the word ENTREPRENEUR. | Over the years, she has tried to develop her business as an _____ rather than simply focus on craft making. |
| Please match the sentence that fits best with BANAL. | Note how the author's seemingly _____ insights into his own life come together to form a coherent, devastating whole. |
| What does the prefix A- mean? | not, without |
| What does the prefix ANTI- mean? | against, opposite |
| What does the prefix BENE- mean? | good, well |
| What is the part of speech for HEINOUS? | adjective |
| Match the sentence that fits best with PENSIVE. | Something about the music altered his mood, making him both _____ and hopeful. |
| What is the part of speech for VERDANT? | adjective |
| What is the part of speech for CHICANERY? | noun |
| What is the part of speech for ENTREPRENEUR? | noun |
| What is the part of speech for BANAL? | adjective |
| What is the part of speech for HEINOUS? | adjective |
| What is the part of speech for PENSIVE? | adjective |
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