English II Semester 1 Exam

Question 1

Odious

Answer 1

(adj) Hateful, evil or vile

Question 2

Odyssey

Answer 2

(n) A long, difficult journey

Question 3

Ogle

Answer 3

(v) To share at in a disrespectful

Question 4

Opaque

Answer 4

(adj) Difficult to see through, unclear or dark

Question 5

Oust

Answer 5

(v) To eject, banish, or expel

Question 6

Permeate

Answer 6

(v) To spread or seep through;to penetrate or pervade

Question 7

Peruse

Answer 7

(v) To study or read over leisurely

Question 8

Pique

Answer 8

(v) To hurt or rile the feelings of someone; to irritate

Question 9

Placate

Answer 9

(v) To soothe or appease with concession

Question 10

Plausible

Answer 10

(adj) Believable

Question 11

Poignant

Answer 11

(adj) Emotionally moving

Question 12

Preclude

Answer 12

(v) To make impossible

Question 13

Pretentious

Answer 13

(adj) Showy, Self-important, making unjustifiable claims of excellence

Question 14

Quaint

Answer 14

(adj) Pleasantly oldfashioned

Question 15

Quell

Answer 15

(v) To put an end to or to clam

Question 16

Quintessential

Answer 16

(adj) The most perfect example

Question 17

Raucous

Answer 17

(adj) Boisterous, harsh sounding, noisy and disorderly

Question 18

Reciprocal

Answer 18

(adj) Mutual, interchangeable

Question 19

Reprehensible

Answer 19

(adj) Deserving of blame

Question 20

Rescind

Answer 20

(v) To cancel, take back or repeal

Question 21

Resilient

Answer 21

(adj) An ability to recover from or adjust easily

Question 22

Sardonic

Answer 22

(adj) Disdainful or mocking

Question 23

Scintillate

Answer 23

(v) To sparkle, to gleam to be animated or brilliant

Question 24

Stoic

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(adj) Indifferent to pleasure or pain; showing no emotion

Question 25

Stymie

Answer 25

(v) To get in the way of; to hinder or block

Question 26

Succint

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(adj) Concise, clearly expressed with few words

Question 27

Tedious

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(adj) Boring or tiresome

Question 28

Thwart

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(v) To prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate ot hinder

Question 29

Tirade

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(n) A long and angry speech

Question 30

Tout

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(v) To brag publicly or praise highly

Question 31

Trite

Answer 31

(adj) Unoriginal, overused, clinched, or very common

Question 32

Trivial

Answer 32

Unimportant or insignificant