English vocab quiz 2

Question 1

Immune

Answer 1

To be resistant to; not affected by a given influence

Question 2

Eclectic

Answer 2

Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas; variety of sources

Question 3

Nocturnal

Answer 3

Belonging to or active during the night

Question 4

Stereotype

Answer 4

Held ideas or preconceptions about specific groups

Question 5

Vacillate

Answer 5

Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions

Question 6

Jovial

Answer 6

Full of high spirits; to describe people who show good humor and are full of joy

Question 7

Despondent

Answer 7

Without or almost without hope

Question 8

Quota

Answer 8

specefic number of things

Question 9

Tumult

Answer 9

A state of commotion and noise and confusion; violent agitation

Question 10

Quandary

Answer 10

A state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

Question 11

Commemorate

Answer 11

Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

Question 12

Pulverize

Answer 12

Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; destroy completely

Question 13

Inference

Answer 13

Making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions

Question 14

Camouflage

Answer 14

The act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance: disguise

Question 15

Mosaic

Answer 15

Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass

Question 16

Parasite

Answer 16

An organism that lives in or on a host (another organism); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

Question 17

Cower

Answer 17

Curl up; show submission or fear

Question 18

Strategy

Answer 18

An elaborate plan of action

Question 19

Renaissance

Answer 19

The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Question 20

Formidable

Answer 20

Extremely impressive in strength or excellence

Question 21

Assimilation

Answer 21

The social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

Question 22

Americanization

Answer 22

Assimilation into American culture