Vocab Unit 1 Review

Definitions Match

100

Word for word; exactly as written or spoken

verbatim

200

 To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up;

Deploy

300

Experimental in nature; subject to change. 

Tentative

400

Wealthy; luxurious

Opulent 

500

Stern, unyielding; gloomy, ill-humored

Dour

Synonyms

100

Gawk, ogle, open wide

Gape

200

Arrange, station, or organize

Deploy

300

Impassive, phlemgmatic, unresponsive

Stolid

400

Clumsy, all thumbs, maladroit

Ambidextrous

500

Duplicitous, cunning, perfidious 

Insidious 

Antonyms

100

Fair, honest, open, sincere

Insidious

200

Happy, gentle, pleasant

Dour

300

A compliment or praise

gibe

400

Paraphrased

Verbatim

500

Purify, cleanse

Adulterate

Choose the correct word.

100

The teacher ____________ the cell policy to ensure that his students understood it's importance. 

Reiterated

200

Play-do, wire, or someone of weak character can be described as ____________.

Pliable

300

Having received an F on his final exam, the student, who so badly wanted to go to Harvard, was _____________ of hope. 

Bereft

400

A person who is unafraid in a clearly haunted house could be described as ______________. 

Stolid

500

She didn't feel bad going out with her friends because her plans with her boyfriend were only ____________. 

Tentative

Context and Fill in the blanks

100

The applicant was well qualified for the position, but was not offered the job due to his ____________ appearance. 

Unkempt

200

Influencers on social media must possess grit to withstand the endless mocking they receive in the comments section of their reels. 

__________________________

Which words from your vocabulary list can be used in place of grit and mocking?

Grit = fortitude 

Mocking = gibe

300

In the play, Les Miserables, the corrupt inn keepers ______________ the stew by adding more broth. But they took things too far when they  ______________ it by adding rats meat. 

1. Augmented

2. Adulterated

400

In the 16th century, insidious, could have been used as a synonym for ________________. However, we no longer use the archaic meaning of the word and only it's literal meaning. 

Abidextrous

500

The ______________ told the students to write an essay analyzing how the author uses similes to illuminate the narrator's complex emotions about turning eleven. 

Given our learning this week, which word best completes the sentence within the context of an English Language arts classroom? 

1) Instructions

2) Directions 

3) Prompt 

4) Question

Prompt