Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 8

5 Written Questions

1. (v.) to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary to the first
2. (n.) an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth
3. (v.) to assert without proof or confirmation
4. (n.) a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation; any repetitive chant; a long list
5. (adj.) grisly, gruesome; horrible, distressing; having death as a subject

5 Matching Questions

1. recant
2. raze
3. portend
4. irrefutable
5. lackadaisical

1. a (adj.) lacking spirit or interest; halfhearted
2. b (v.) to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
3. c (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
4. d (v.) to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, renounce, retract
5. e (adj.) impossible to disprove; beyond arguement

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to cast off, discard; to get rid of something objectionable or unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud; (n.) a mire; a state of depression
   1. recant
   2. allege
   3. raze
   4. slough
2. (n.) light and playful conversation
   1. macabre
   2. allege
   3. saturate
   4. badinage
3. (n.) one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formation or arrangement
   1. recant
   2. echelon
   3. raze
   4. allege
4. (adj.) stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way
   1. allege
   2. fatuous
   3. litany
   4. saturate
5. (adj.) of a gloomy or surly disposition; cold or sluggish in mood
   1. badinage
   2. saturate
   3. paucity
   4. saturnine

5 True/False Questions

1. exacerbate → (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

   True        False

2. saturate → (v.) to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully

   True        False

3. juggernaut → (n.) a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path

   True        False

4. arrant → (adj.) out-and-out, shameless, blatant

   True        False

5. concilliate → (v.) to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

   True        False