Unit 2 Vocabulary
Vote With Your Feet
Choose the best antonym for assailant
a. Attacker
b. Mugger
c. Victim
d. assaulter
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Antonyms
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C. victim
Choose the best antonym for
contemporary
a. Antiquated
b. Present-day
c. Current
d. modern
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Antonym
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A. antiquated
Choose the best synonym for constrain
a. Loosen
b. Restrict
c. Liberate
d. unfetter
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Synonym
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B. restrict
What is the best synonym for arid?
a. Soggy
b. Fertile
c. Lush
d. parched
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Choose the best synonym
D. Parched
A judge must remain ___________ in
order to render a fair and logical decision.
a. Groundless
b. Disinterested
c. Hypocritical
d. manipulative
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Fill in the blank with the best word
choice from the list.
b. disinterested
The wives and children cheered
enthusiastically when they saw the flags
of our Navy’s destroyer ________ in the
air
a. Depicting
b. Billowing
c. Constraining
d. confronting
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B. Billowing
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Since he has said hurtful words to me
over the past three days, I feel compelled
to ____________ him about his attitude
and actions.
A. Confront
B. constrain
C. Depict
D. assailant
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A. confront
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While it was not an exact image, the
painter did _______ my daughter quite
accurately in the portrait that I
commissioned.
A. Assail
B. Adverse
C. Contemporary
D. depict
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D. Depict
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It was interesting to watch the little boy
________ his father’s actions; I suppose
this is an example of the old saying “like
father, like son.”
A. Confront
B. Constrain
C. Mimic
D. encompass
Fill in the blank with the best word
choice.
C. mimic
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Katie’s fears were ___________, because
once she stepped onto the diving board,
she bravely dove in like a champ.
A. Incomprehensible
B. Groundless
C. Billowed
D. contemporary
Fill in the blank with the best
vocabulary word.
B. groundless
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The ocean’s billows rose and fell with the
tide.
A. waves
B. Portrait
C. Enclosure
D. constraint
What is the best definition for the
underlined word above?
a. waves
What is the meaning of the
underlined word?
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Her sheepish behavior made the
people question her ability to be a
class leader.
A. Bold
B. Smooth
C. Influential
D. timid
D. timid