Vocab Set 1

5 Written Questions

1. sociable and outgoing
2. peaceful, calm
3. depression of spirits
4. balanced proportions
5. sluggish, languid

5 Matching Questions

1. reprove
2. ascend
3. capricious
4. antithesis
5. dawdle

1. a to waste time, to spend time idly, to move into a lackadaisical manner
2. b a direct opposite, a contrast
3. c to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent
4. d changing suddenly, fickle
5. e to move upward, to rise from a lower station

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. understood only by a small group or a select few
   1. prolific
   2. esoteric
   3. extol
   4. austere
2. independent, self- contained
   1. antithesis
   2. fastidious
   3. autonomous
   4. capricious
3. secret in an underhanded way, stealthy
   1. furtive
   2. innate
   3. reprove
   4. austere
4. act of harming or ruining another's reputation
   1. venerate
   2. benign
   3. defamation
   4. furtive
5. abundantly fruitful, marked by a great productivity
   1. prolific
   2. capricious
   3. esoteric
   4. tranquil

5 True/False Questions

1. austere → secret in an underhanded way, stealthy

   True        False

2. banal → common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

   True        False

3. opaque → not allowing the passage of light, not transparent; hard to understand

   True        False

4. extol → common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

   True        False

5. hypocrite → to scold or to rebuke for a misdeed usually with kindly intent

   True        False