3.10.M - Lesson: Module 3/4 Vocabulary (Review Quiz) Flashcards
The italicized phrase is an example of what?
“It was a nice little dinner—seemed to me then, a very Lord Mayor’s Feast—” (Great Expectations, Ch. 22)
allusion
idiom
personification
simile
allusion
The phrase “lap of luxury” is an example of what?
onomatopoeia
allusion
idiom
irony
idiom
The italicized phrase is an example of what?
“It is not wholly irrespective of our personal feelings that we record HIM as the Mentor of our young Telemachus, for it is good to know that our town produced the founder of the latter’s fortunes.” (Chapter 28)
personification
idiom
allusion
simile
allusion
The italicized word, and the entire sentence, is an example of what?
“‘I am glad to have your approbation, gentlemen,’ said Mr. Waldengarver, with an air of dignity, in spite of his being ground against the wall at the time, and holding on by the seat of the chair.”
allusion
simile
irony
personification
irony
Choose the best synonym for the following word:
Broach
bore
conclude
ramble
address
address
Choose the best synonym for the following word:
Complacent
intellectual
content
angry
arrogant
content
Choose the best synonym for the following word:
Superciliously
impatiently
uncertainly
politely
arrogantly
arrogantly
Choose the best antonym for the following word:
Repression
anger
fear
control
release
release
Choose the best antonym for the following word:
Impudent
intelligent
talkative
questioning
respectful
respectful
In this quote from Great Expectations, what vocabulary word should replace the italicized words?
“But, he was on his feet directly, and after sponging himself with a great show of skilled maneuvering began squaring again.”
ablution
approbation
dexterity
dexterity
What is the best synonym (word with similar meaning) for the italicized vocabulary word used in this quotation from Great Expectations?
“On the present festive occasion he emerged from his room, when the blithe bells were going, the picture of misery, in a full suit of Sunday penitentials.”
monotonous
deafening
unaware
unaware
Complete the following analogy.
disgorge : vomit :: arrogant : ___________
dexterous
querulous
capacious
supercilious
supercilious
Which vocabulary word best completes the following sentence?
The family’s awesome summer road-trip to the Grand Canyon left __________ memories in everyone’s minds.
querulous
indelible
complacent
supercilious
indelible
Which vocabulary word best completes the following sentence?
The nervous teenager didn’t feel comfortable __________ the topic of his bad grades with his parents.
broaching
discursiving
dissuading
broaching
Which vocabulary word best completes the following sentence?
God commanded the priests to perform the ritual of ____________ before they could make sacrifices on behalf of the people.
repression
ablution
cupidity
infirmity
ablution
