Vocabulary 23 Practice Quiz
1. Devoutness
a. Peripheral
2. unruffled
b. Peruse
3. usurp
c. Philistine
4. relatively unimportant
d. Piety
5. cliche
e. Pique
6. provoke
f. Placate
7. narrow-minded
g. Placid
8. appease
h. Plagiarize
9. arrogant
i. Platitude
10. read
j. Pompous
11. The overbearing politician alienated the common people with his---speeches.
12. After voting for the unpopular bill, the congressman tried to---the angry citizens
from his district.
13. The students were told to ---the poem, not just for its language, but for its ideas.
14. ----stubbornness should not prevent us from advancing ourselves intellectually.
15. Stick to the facts and don’t waste time on ---issues.
16. The professor thought Marion may have --- the report when she noticed the
paucity of footnotes in her term paper.
17. To --- her student’s curiosity, Ms. Garson told them she had a surprise in store
for them before the day was over.
18. Miss Billings set an example of --- and humility for the other members of her
church.
19. Professor Thompson cautioned his students to avoid --- in their compositions so
the writing remained fresh and unique.
20. Though the rebel was outwardly --- when he saw the cruel treatment of the
refugees, inwardly he was seething with rage.
KEY: 1D; 2J; 3G; 4A; 5F; 6H; 7B; 8K; 93; 10I; 12I; 12H; 13J; 14G; 15D; 16K; 17F;
18A; 19E; 20B