Nicole's Unit 13 Vocab List

5 Written Questions

1. (adj.) necessary, urgent;
   (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required
   (Syn.) (Adj.) essential, indispensable, mandatory
   (Ant.) (Adj.) nonessential, unnecessary, optional
2. (adj.) short but full of meaning and point
   (Syn.) terse, short and sweet, meaty, telling
   (Ant.) wordy, verbose, long-winded, follish, inane
3. (adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing
   (Syn.) loyal, faithful, unwavering
   (Ant.) inconstant, fickle, unreliable, vacillating
4. (v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline
   (Syn.) waver
   (Ant.) persevere, plug away at
5. (v.) To bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine
   (Syn.) witness, verify, confirm, corroborate
   (Ant.) deny, disprove, refute, rebut

5 Matching Questions

1. loiter
2. enormity
3. impediment
4. forlorn
5. haughty

1. a (adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless
   (Syn.) woebegone, forsaken, bereft, pathetic
   (Ant.) jaunty, buoyant, blithe, chipper
2. b (n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity
   (Syn.) atrociousness, heinousness, atrocity, vastness
   (Ant.) mildness, harmlessness, innocuousness
3. c (v.) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry
   (Ant.) hurry along
4. d (adj.) chillingly proud and scornful
   (Syn.) disdainful, supercilious
   (Ant.) meek, humble, unassuming, modest
5. e (n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle
   (Syn.) obstruction, stumbling block
   (Ant.) help, advantage, asset, plus

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way;
   (n.) a silly, forced smile
   (Syn.) (v.) snicker, smirk, titter, giggle
   1. simper
   2. plunder
   3. loiter
   4. falter
2. (n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen;
   (adj.) marked by fear, ominous
   (Syn.) (N.) misgiving, presentiment, premonition
   1. foreboding
   2. forlorn
   3. enormity
   4. Dovetail
3. (adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
   (Syn.) dryly amusing, ironic, droll
   (Ant.) humorless, solemn, straight
   1. waif
   2. Vilify
   3. pithy
   4. wry
4. (adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
   (Syn.) trumpeted, heralded
   (Ant.) downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized
   1. falter
   2. vaunted
   3. plunder
   4. haughty
5. (v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole;
   (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
   (Syn.) (v.) mesh, jive, harmonize
   (Ant.) clash, be at odds
   1. waif
   2. foreboding
   3. loiter
   4. Dovetail

5 True/False Questions

1. Vilify → (n.) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit
   (Syn.) stray, ragamuffin, street urchin

   True        False

2. Adapt → (V.)To adjust or change to suit conditions
   (Syn.) regulate, alter, acclimate
   (Ant.) remain unchange

   True        False

3. malinger → (v.) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job
   (Syn.) goof off, shirk

   True        False

4. waif → (adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous
   (Syn.) dryly amusing, ironic, droll
   (Ant.) humorless, solemn, straight

   True        False

5. plunder → (adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way
   (Syn.) trumpeted, heralded
   (Ant.) downplayed, soft-pedaled, de-emphasized

   True        False