Name _______________
Date _______________
English II
Mr. Masser / Mrs. Devane
Vocabulary Review Lessons 1-3
I. Multiple Choice—Definitions
Directions: Read each of the following definitions and choose the correct vocabulary word which
correctly completes the statement.
1. adj. unyielding; firm in opinion
a. abhor
b. abate
c. adamant
2. verb to lesson in violence or intensity
a. abate
b. agrarian
c. agnostic
3. noun excessive praise or admiration
a. affable
b. adulation
c. acquit
4. noun one who believes that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.
a. agrarian
b. agnostic
c. abet
5. verb to find one not guilty of a fault or crime
a. abet
b. acrimony
c. acquit
6. noun harsh temper or bitter feeling
a. acrimony
b. abate
c. adulation
7. adj. friendly; courteous; agreeable in manner; easy to talk to
a. agrarian
b. affable
c. agnostic
8. adj. having to do with farms, framers, or the use of land
a. abhor
b. abet
c. agrarian
9. verb to detest, loathe, hate strongly
a. abhor
b. abate
c. adamant
10. verb to assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing
a. affable
b. abet
c. abate
b. amicable
c. ambivalent
11. adj. friendly; peaceable
a. arduous
12. verb to enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity
a. augment
b. altercation
c. appease
b. audacity
c. austere
13. noun a heated argument
a. altercation
14. noun a greatly disliked, hated person or thing; a curse or a person cursed
a. apathy
b. ambivalent
c. anathema
b. augment
c. appease
15. verb to make calm or quiet
a. austere
16. noun insolence; rude boldness
a. anathema
b. audacity
c. arduous
17. adj. difficult; requiring much effort; strenuous
a. arduous
b. ambivalent
c. amicable
b. anathema
c. arduous
18. adj. stern, severe, plain
a. austere
19. verb to make calm or quiet; to give into the demands of
a. altercation
b. augment
c. appease
20. adj. being uncertain; unable to decide between two opposing points of view
a. arduous
b. ambivalent
c. austere
b. befuddle
c. barrister
21. verb to confuse; to perplex
a. balk
22. verb to stop short and refuse to continue
a. balk
b. avarice
c. bawdy
23. noun a strong defense; a fort
a. banter
b. bastion
c. avid
24. noun teasing; good-natured joking
a. bacchanalian b. barrister
c. banter
25. verb to lie in or be exposed to warmth
a. befuddle
b. avid
c. bask
26. noun excessively greed; desire for wealth
a. avarice
b. avid
c. bastion
27. adj. eager; extremely interested
a. avarice
b. bawdy
c. avid
28. adj. indecent; humorously obscene
a. banter
b. bawdy
c. balk
29. adj. wild with drunkenness
a. bacchanalian
b. bastion
c. avarice
30. noun lawyer
a. banter
b. barrister
c. bacchanalian