#6 Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Ambivalence

Answer 1

(n) condition of having conflicting attitudes;
simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or
feelings

Example Sentence:

Marge’s _________ toward George frustrated
him and confused us.

Question 2

Chastise

Answer 2

(v) to criticize severely; punish

Example Sentence:

If you _________ Jason, he immediately
begins to weep.

Question 3

Conciliatory

Answer 3

(adj) tending to soothe or reconcile

Example Sentence:

After a caustic debate, each contestant was
seeking a _________ gesture.

Question 4

Emulate

Answer 4

(v) to try to equal or surpass

Example Sentence:

When they were in high school, Dudley’s kid
brother always tried to _________ him.

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

(n) organization by rank, class, or grade

Example Sentence:

In the company’s _________, I’m low man on
the totem pole.

Question 6

Iconoclast

Answer 6

(n) a person who attacks cherished beliefs or
established institutions

Example Sentence:

Calling himself an _________, the new school
board member questioned the value of
vocabulary tests.

Question 7

Nomenclature

Answer 7

(n) the systematic naming in an art or science

Example Sentence:

I quickly mastered the _________ of biology
by using memory devices and tricks

Question 8

Raconteur

Answer 8

(n) a person skilled at telling stories or
anecdotes

Example Sentence:

Comedians must be wonderful _________.

Question 9

Succinct

Answer 9

(adj) clearly expressed in few words; terse;
concise

Example Sentence:

George, hurt by Marge’s ambivalence, replied
with a _________ refusal.

Question 10

Unscathed

Answer 10

(adj) undamaged; unharmed

Example Sentence:

Mable finished her freshman year with her
reputation as a straight A student _________.