Vocab Semester 2 Test

Question 1

insatiable

Answer 1

(adj.) impossible to satisfy; voracious
(adv.) insatiably
The boy was being extremely insatiable and made me clean his car 27 times.

Question 2

obscure

Answer 2

(adj.) hard to see or understand; not well know; vague
(adv.) obscurely
The math problem was obscure to the dinosaurs tiny brain.

Question 3

oblivious

Answer 3

(adj.) unaware; not concerned about what is happening around one
(adv.) obliviously
(n.) obliviousness
The girl was oblivious to the fact that she was about to walk off of a cliff because she was to busy looking at her phone.

Question 4

placate

Answer 4

(v.) to calm the anger of, especially by giving something
(adj.) placatory
In order to placate my mom’s anger after I pushed my brother by saying I was sorry.

Question 5

scoff

Answer 5

(v.) to express contempt for; to mock; jeer

My brother scoffed at me saying that cheeseburgers are better than hot dogs.

Question 6

precarious

Answer 6

(adj.) dangerously unstable; not securely held or in position
(adv.) precariously
When I balanced my glass filled with fruit punch on the edge of the table my mom said that that was very precarious.

Question 7

base

Answer 7

(adj.) low; crude; without honor or decency; without moral principles
(n.) baseness
My brother was being very base when he pushed me down the stairs.

Question 8

deft

Answer 8

(adj.) skillful and quick in one’s movements; demonstrating skill and cleverness
(adv.) deftly
ANT: clumsy; incapable; unable
SYN: adroit; able; adept
Cristiano Ronaldo, my favorite soccer player, is very deft when it comes to scoring goals and dribbling pass defenders.

Question 9

herald

Answer 9

(n.) an official messenger bringing news; a sign that something is about to happen
SYN: courier; harbinger
My Greek God is Hermes, I am the messenger god, I am Zeus’ herald and I deliver news for him.

Question 10

lament

Answer 10

(v.) to grieve over or regret deeply
(n.) lamentation
At the funeral, everyone’s deeply lamented over their loss.

Question 11

squeamish

Answer 11

(adj.) easily shocked or sickened
(adv.) squeamishly
(n.) squeamishness
Since my brother is scared of heights, the view from the top of Burj Khalifa made him
squeamish and scared to death.

Question 12

cumbersome

Answer 12

(adj.) hard to carry, bear, or manage; large or heavy and therefore difficult to use
I was cumbersome to the big backpack which caused me to fall and not be able to get back up.

Question 13

tirade

Answer 13

: (n.) a long, angry speech of criticism or denunciation
SYN: rant; harangue
My mom threw a huge tirade at me after I pushed my brother down the stairs for saying hello to me.

Question 14

cursory

Answer 14

: (adj.) quick and not thorough; hasty so, therefore, not detailed
(adv.) cursorily
I gave a cursory look at the surgery as they were taking out the patients heart.

Question 15

animosity

Answer 15

: (n.) open hatred; strong hostility
ANT: goodwill; friendship
I have great animosity towards my brother since he annoys me all day long.

Question 16

brood

Answer 16

: (n.) a family of young animals produced or hatched at the same time
(v.) to think or worry persistently or moodily about something; fret
I brooded over my B in history when something was marked missing when I turned it in.

Question 17

bane

Answer 17

: (n.) a cause of ruin or harm; a cause of great distress or annoyance
My brother is the bane of my life because he constantly annoys me.

Question 18

allay

Answer 18

(v.) to put at rest; to lessen or calm; diminish; assuage
ANT: increase; intensity
In order to allay my brothers back pain, the pediatrist gave him orthotics.

Question 19

expedite

Answer 19

: (v.) to speed up the process of; to make something happen or be accomplished
more quickly
ANT: delay
In order to expedite the time to my birthday, I stopped focusing on it.

Question 20

fickle

Answer 20

: (adj.) changing frequently one’s loyalties, interests, or affections; having changeable
or inconstant feelings
I am very fickle when it comes to picking my favorite sport, it could be basketball,
baseball, or football depending on the day.

Question 21

query

Answer 21

: (n.) a question
(v.) to ask a question
I had a query about soccer that I had to ask the coach.

Question 22

ensue

Answer 22

: (v.) to come after; to result from
(adj.) ensuing
A crowd ensued around my lunch table when Tristan bought two tubs of chicken, one tub
of fries, and five boxes of Texas toast from Raising Cane’s.

Question 23

quirk

Answer 23

: (n.) some odd part of a person’s behavior
(adj.) quirky
My quirk is that I like to go shopping, which most boys don’t like to do.

Question 24

scrutiny

Answer 24

: (n.) close observation; careful watching or studying
(v.) scrutinize
I did not scrutinize my study guide for my American History test, even though I got
107% on my test.

Question 25

shrewd

Answer 25

: (adj.) clever; having sharp powers of judgment; astute
(adv.) shrewdly
My brother is very shrewd when it comes to deciding whether to do his homework or
play games.

Question 26

haughty

Answer 26

: (adj.) proud in a snobby way
ANT: humble
My cousin said that she doesn’t like Ariana Grande because she is a haughty hottie.

Question 27

thwart

Answer 27

: (v.) to keep from happening; to block or prevent
ANT: facilitate; expedite
In order to thwart Jason’s plan at becoming a professional soccer team, he framed him for
murder and he went to jail.

Question 28

affront

Answer 28

: (v.) to insult
(n.) an insult
Justin affronted the affront that Chase said to Ben.

Question 29

adamant

Answer 29

: (adj.) firm in one’s position; refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind;
stubborn
(adv.) adamantly
ANT: flexible; gullible

Question 30

pseudonym

Answer 30

: (n.) false name used by an author
Ex: Samuel Clemens: Mark Twain
Mary Ann Evans: George Eliot

Question 31

qualm

Answer 31

: (n.) a sudden disturbing feeling; a pang of conscience

The evil dictator had no qualms about taking over the world.

Question 32

melee

Answer 32

: (n.) a confused fight among a number of people; fracas