1.) The ___________ young girl annoyed her friends because she always changed her mind about what she wanted to do.
a.) Corrupt
b.) Munificent
c.) Capricious
d.) Guile
c.) Capricious
100
4.) The moral of that story is so ___________; it is not original at all.
a.) Hackneyed
b.) Invective
c.) Uniform
d.) Exasperating
a.) Hackneyed
100
___ Corrupt
___ Obscure
b.) Lack of emotion or concern
d.) Difficult to see or understand
g.) To change from good to bad
__g_ Corrupt
__d_ Obscure
100
___ Voluble
___ Discord
c.) Mysterious, puzzling
e.) Talkative
f.) Lack of agreement or harmony
__e_ Voluble
__f_ Discord
100
Apathy Sympathy Empathy
identify the root and define it
PATH – feel, suffer
200
2.) The professor’s speech was so ___________ that even some of his colleague’s had a hard time understanding the subject.
a.) Esoteric
b.) Innocuous
c.) Ephemeral
d.) Superficial
a.) Esoteric
200
3.) The girl was perceived as very curt and ___________ because she always had little to say, but she was actually a very kind-hearted person.
a.) Voluble
b.) Brusque
c.) Willful
d.) Hackneyed
b.) Brusque
200
___ Ascend
___ Extricate
a.) To praise
e.) To free
i.) To move upwards
_i__ Ascend
__e_ Extricate
200
___ Vindicate
___ Copious
d.) To calm the anger of
g.) Abundant (a lot)
i.) To clear from blame or suspicion
__i_ Vindicate
__g_ Copious
200
Anthropology Philanthropy Misanthrope
Identify the root and define it
ANTHRO – man, human
300
3.) The scientist was described as ___________ and ___________; he was a man of few words.
a.) Obscure/Guile
b.) Meager/Munificent
c.) Taciturn/Succinct
d.) Innovative/Apathetic
c.) Taciturn/Succinct
300
2.) The new evidence immediately ___________ the prisoner; he was ___________ from blame!
a.) Extricated/Vindicated
b.) Refuted/Confounded
c.) Stagnated/Exasperated
d.) Deplored/Precluded
Automatic Autopsy Autonomy
Identify the root and define it
AUTO – self
400
4.) Even though the doctor assured her that the sleeping pills were ___________, he did not ___________ her fears; Jennifer was still worried about the side effects.
a.) Innocuous/Assuage
b.) Disperse/Meager
c.) Novel/Corrupt
d.) Ephemeral/Obscure
a.) Innocuous/Assuage
400
1.) It was ___________ that she would fail her test; she only took a ___________ glance at her textbook!
a.) Voluble/Reticent
b.) Undermine/Abstract
c.) Intractable/Conventional
d.) Inevitable/Cursory
d.) Inevitable/Cursory
400
___ Commend
___ Apathy
a.) To praise
b.) Lack of emotion or concern
f.) A dull sameness
___ Commend
___ Apathy
400
___ Predilection
___ Placate
b.) To support, prop up
d.) To calm the anger of
j.) Preference, liking
__j_ Predilection
__d_ Placate
400
Ignore Cognizant Incognito
Identify the root and define it
GN(O) – to know
500
Define and use this word in a sentence
Definition:
Example Sentence:
500
Define and use this word in a sentence
Definition:
Example sentence:
500
___ Monotony
___ Coalesce
b.) Lack of emotion or concern
c.) To unite, come together
f.) A dull sameness
__f_ Monotony
__c_ Coalesce
500
___ Mundane
___ Bolster
b.) To support, prop up
c.) Mysterious, puzzling
h.) Ordinary, commonplace
__h_ Mundane
__b_ Bolster
500
Monarchy Patriarchy Hierarchy
Identify the root and define it