ELA Fall Final Vocab

Question 1

to avoid someone intentionally; to exclude from a group

Answer 1

ostracize

Question 2

involving two people or groups of people who behave (nearly) the same way

Answer 2

reciprocal

Question 3

characteristic of the middle class

Answer 3

bourgeois

Question 4

lacking sense; extremely silly

Answer 4

inane

Question 5

conceal one’s true identity; avoiding being recognized by changing your identity

Answer 5

incognito

Question 6

easily upset or irritated and oversensitive

Answer 6

touchy

Question 7

feeling of doubt, worry or fear especially about one’s own action

Answer 7

qualms

Question 8

behaving in a calm manner; not showing anxiety

Answer 8

nonchalant

Question 9

extremely upsetting and distressing because connected with suffering

Answer 9

harrowing

Question 10

no longer useful or needed; unnecessary

Answer 10

redundant

Question 11

a natural liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of shared characteristics

Answer 11

affinity

Question 12

luxurious and expensive; large in quantity and impressive

Answer 12

lavish

Question 13

dishonest or unfair; showing no moral

Answer 13

unscrupulous

Question 14

a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them

Answer 14

clique

Question 15

a method of singing or speaking used by male singers to use voice higher than their range

Answer 15

falsetto

Question 16

eager to argue, quarrel or fight; expressing an opinion very forcefully

Answer 16

pugnacious

Question 17

drunk or under the influence of drugs (and eventually lost some control of your behavior)

Answer 17

intoxicated

Question 18

bored or not excited; unimpressed because the one has experienced so often before

Answer 18

blasé

Question 19

irrelevant or not relating to the subject you are thinking about

Answer 19

immaterial

Question 20

noisy and energetic; not controlled

Answer 20

boisterous

Question 21

(esp. of men) charming, confident and polite but may be insincere

Answer 21

suave

Question 22

putting a lot of effort into your work; feeling a responsibility to do something carefully

Answer 22

conscientious

Question 23

strongly disliking or opposed to

Answer 23

averse

Question 24

relating to the methods of teaching or education

Answer 24

pedagogical

Question 25

to leave the main subject in writing or speech and discuss something else

Answer 25

digress

Question 26

in a natural or raw state, simple and not done something; rude and offensive

Answer 26

crude

Question 27

(sometimes sexual) a person who gets pleasure by hurting another person, punishment, or being cruel

Answer 27

sadist

Question 28

expressing or showing ridicule

Answer 28

derisive

Question 29

a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable and wrong

Answer 29

pacifist

Question 30

rotten and having an unpleasant smell; very unpleasant or ugly

Answer 30

putrid