Date: ________________
Name/Pd.: _____________________________________
Vocabulary Quiz ~ Unit 6 (30pts.)
DIRECTIONS: Using the word bank below, fill in the following blanks. Each word is only used once.
ANAMOLUS
ASPERSION
BIZARRE
BRUSQUE
CAJOLE
CASTIGATE
CONTRIVE
DEMAGOGUE
DISABUSE
ENNUI
FETTER
HEINOUS
IMMUTABLE
INSURGENT
MEGALOMANIA
SINECURE
SURREPITITOUS
TRANSGRESS
TRANSMUTE
VICARIOUS
Synonyms & Antonyms:
1. Synonym: to mock, treat with contempt, snicker/sneer at
________________________
2. Synonym: funeral, extremely gloomy, doleful
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3. Synonym: a warning or caution to discourage a behavior ________________________
4. Synonym: self-evident, a universally accepted principal
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5. Synonym: a rule of conduct or action, principle
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6. Synonym: a general pardon, forgiveness
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7. Synonym: dull, uninteresting, lifeless & colorless
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8. Synonym: bulky, clumsy, impractical, not easily carried
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9. Synonym: self-government, political control
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10.Synonym: steal, swipe, take, rob
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11.Antonym: tangle, enmesh, trap
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12.Antonym: hide, conceal cover up
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13.Antonym: a godsend, a blessing, a source of reward
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14.Antonym: stimulant/stimulating, create energy
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15.Antonym: loose, permissive, ignores moral standards
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16.Antonym: docile, cooperative, predictable
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17.Antonym: permanent, immoral, imperishable
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18.Antonym: bland, mild, helpful
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19.Antonym: unjust, one-sided, unfair
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20.Antonym: detrimental, unhealthy, unbeneficial
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Fill In The Blank:
DIRECTIONS: Using the word bank below, fill in the following blanks. Each word is only used once.
AMNESTY
AUTONOMY
AXIOMATIC
BLAZON
CAVEAT
FILCH
FRACTIOUS
SEPULCHRAL
SOPORIFIC
STRAITLACED
11. What hurt my feelings was not so much his refusal to give me a job as the
___________________________ way in which he told me, screaming “NO!”
12. Although she is well into middle age, my Aunt Sally seems unable to __________________________
herself of the idea that she is still a teenager.
13. Have you ever heard of anything as __________________________ and totally “outlandish” as an
experimental technique to test the intelligence of cows?!
14. An __________________________ group at the convention refused to (except / accept) the choices
of the regular party leaders. *(Circle the correct form of “accept/except” in the sentence for bonus.)
15. He may have kept within the letter of the law, but there is no doubt that he has
__________________________ the accepted moral code.
16. For ancient Romans, fleeing from the battlefield was the most __________________________ act of
cowardice a soldier could commit.
17. A favorite ploy of the __________________________ is to appoint a convenient scapegoat (person
to blame) upon whom a misguided populace can vent its anger.
18. By casting __________________________ on the ability and character of others, you reveal the
misgivings you have about yourself.
19. I cannot understand how she was able to __________________________ a meeting between two
people who had refused to have anything to do with each other.
20. The President complained that the government bureaucracy was hobbling his programs with
__________________________ of red tape.
Bonus Section
We will soon be studying the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In the tradition of the
Vowel-less Knights, you must try to decode the messages by adding in the missing vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and Y).
Hint 1: All of the statements have to deal with the issue of war.
Hint 2: Words made up of all vowels must be added as well. Ex. you, a
1.
2. f
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knw
prvnt
nthr th nm nr
nd
prpr
fr wr.
rslf, wll sccmb n vr bttl.
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3. Wr
s rgrdd s nthng bt th cntntn f stt plc wth thr mns.
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Bonus Section
We will soon be studying the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. In the tradition of the
Vowel-less Knights, you must try to decode the messages by adding in the missing vowels (A, E, I, O, U, and Y).
Hint 1: All of the statements have to deal with the issue of war.
Hint 2: Words made up of all vowels must be added as well. Ex. you, a
2.
2. f
cnnt smltnsl
knw
prvnt
nthr th nm nr
nd
prpr
fr wr.
rslf, wll sccmb n vr bttl.
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. Wr
s rgrdd s nthng bt th cntntn f stt plc wth thr mns.
__________________________________________________________________________________
SAT Prep Section (6 pts.):
Below are more practice SAT sentence completion questions. You should show your work by “TALKING TO THE
SENTENCE,” just like we’ve done in class. Explain/write notes to show how you eliminated options and why you
kept others. You will be graded on your WORK, not just the answer.
*Hints: Remember to consider the parts of speech, context clues such as synonyms/antonym references, and the
process of elimination!
1. Although alarmed by the ____ , Professor McQuillan had no reason to doubt the ____ of her
student's results, for this student was nothing if not reliable.
A. conclusions - folly
B. deductions - impudence
C. implications - veracity
D. errors - truth
E. inferences - invalidity
2. As were many colonial administrators, Gregory was ____ in his knowledge of the grammar of the
local language, though his accent was ____ .
A. deficient - poor
B. competent - adequate
C. faultless - awful
D. well-versed - effective
E. erratic - eccentric
3. Though Adam Bede is presented to us by the author as ____ fiction, there are none of the life-like
meanderings of the story of Amos Barton.
A. realistic
B. romantic
C. imaginative
D. educational
E. entertaining
SAT – C, C, A
1. You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
2.If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Sun Tzu, who wrote The Art of War, and this quote comes from chapter 3.
3. War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Karl Von Clausewitz, who wrote On War.