Fauth Honors 10 English Vocab 8

5 Written Questions

1. victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain; pillaging
2. to break up into opposing factions or groups
3. intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depths of one's nature
4. a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language; a tirade
5. extremely pure; untouched

5 Matching Questions

1. plethora
2. raffish
3. quell
4. pliable
5. pinguid

1. a cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry; disreputable
2. b a state of excessive fullness; superabundance
3. c fat
4. d receptive to change; easily persuaded or controlled; easily bent or twisted
5. e to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. to babble; to talk meaninglessly
   1. portal
   2. pristine
   3. pliable
   4. prattle
2. the exercise or possession of supreme power
   1. quail
   2. pinion
   3. reign
   4. prudent
3. to bind the wings so as not to fly; to confine
   1. pious
   2. pinguid
   3. pinion
   4. reign
4. the human soul; the mind
   1. portal
   2. psyche
   3. pristine
   4. plucky
5. to drink heartily
   1. quell
   2. quaff
   3. raffish
   4. quail

5 True/False Questions

1. prehensile → a sense that something is about to occur; a premonition

   True        False

2. replete → the exercise or possession of supreme power

   True        False

3. prudent → to warn of as an omen; forecast

   True        False

4. ransack → to search thoroughly; pillage

   True        False

5. quail → to shrink with fear; to cower; to lose heart and courage

   True        False