English II - Vocab/Grammar Test

Question 1

gregarious

Answer 1

sociable

Question 2

megaton

Answer 2

the force of a million tons of dynamite

Question 3

soliloquy

Answer 3

a speech to oneself

Question 4

put

Answer 4

think

Question 5

confluence

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a flowing together

Question 6

hypothecate

Answer 6

pledge as security

Question 7

dox

Answer 7

opinion

Question 8

contravene

Answer 8

go against

Question 9

heterodox

Answer 9

unorthodox

Question 10

sol

Answer 10

alone

Question 11

hypo

Answer 11

under

Question 12

altercation

Answer 12

heated dispute

Question 13

mollify

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make soft

Question 14

circum

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around

Question 15

circumlocute

Answer 15

talking in circles

Question 16

fy

Answer 16

make

Question 17

con

Answer 17

together

Question 18

mega

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large

Question 19

ous

Answer 19

full of

Question 20

alter

Answer 20

other

Question 21

contra

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against

Question 22

putative

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thought to be

Question 23

hetero

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different

Question 24

pater

Answer 24

father

Question 25

ver

Answer 25

true

Question 26

sangui

Answer 26

blood

Question 27

ego

Answer 27

i

Question 28

ven

Answer 28

come

Question 29

flu

Answer 29

flow

Question 30

loqu

Answer 30

talk

Question 31

moll

Answer 31

soft

Question 32

greg

Answer 32

group

Question 33

tion

Answer 33

act or state

Question 34

paterfamilias

Answer 34

male head of a family

Question 35

aver

Answer 35

affirm or declare

Question 36

sangfroid

Answer 36

cold blooded composure

Question 37

alter ego

Answer 37

second self

Question 38

Mal

Answer 38

bad (malicious)

Question 39

post

Answer 39

after (postpartum)

Question 40

dict

Answer 40

say (diction)

Question 41

port

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carry (portable)

Question 42

omni

Answer 42

all (omniscient)

Question 43

lith

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rock (monolithic)

Question 44

bene

Answer 44

good (benefit)

Question 45

cred

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believe (credible)

Question 46

neo

Answer 46

new (neophyte)

Question 47

uni

Answer 47

one (unilateral)

Question 48

non

Answer 48

not (nonfiction)

Question 49

archy

Answer 49

government (anarchy)

Question 50

inter

Answer 50

between (interwhine)

Question 51

vid

Answer 51

look (video)

Question 52

mono

Answer 52

one (mpnosarchoride)

Question 53

pond

Answer 53

weight (pound)

Question 54

in

Answer 54

not (invalid)

Question 55

sci

Answer 55

know (science)

Question 56

phyte

Answer 56

plant (phytoplasm)

Question 57

lat

Answer 57

side (lateral)

Question 58

malapropism

Answer 58

ludicrous misuse of a word "his malapropisms amused us"

Question 59

nonpulsed

Answer 59

perplexed/confused "He was nonplussed by the unexpected questions"

Question 60

heirarchy

Answer 60

ranking "the social hierarchy..."

Question 61

portly

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stout "the portly doorman carried himself greatfully"

Question 62

interdiction

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prohibition/stopping "The judge's interdiction stopped the construction"

Question 63

vide

Answer 63

see "Vide his definition of politics on page 35"

Question 64

omnibus

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covering many things/ umbrella term "the omnibus class covered us history to asian"

Question 65

monolithic

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massive and uniform / really fking big "the monolithic pyramid"

Question 66

imponderable

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difficult to ponder "he tried to weight the imponderable issue"

Question 67

benediction

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blessing "The grandfather's benediction made them happy"

Question 68

incredulous

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not believing "her incredulous face revealed her distrust"

Question 69

omniscient

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all knowing "Omniscient pov"

Question 70

neophyte

Answer 70

beginner "the graduate was a neophyte in the field"

Question 71

unilateral

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one sided "the unilateral decision required no conference"