ESL 146 - Reading and Vocabulary IV » Summer 2023 » Final Exam Vocabulary Quiz 2 Tuesdays with Morrie

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Question #1
aphorisms
A.   a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
B.   uncertainty or fluctuation especially when caused b inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to sa or do two oppoite or conflicitng things.
C.   a medicine or other remedy for counteracting effects of poison, disease, etc
D.   a terse saying embodying a general truth , or astute observation
Question #2
ambivalence
A.   a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
B.   a medicine or other remedy for counteracting effects of poison, disease, etc
C.   uncertainty or fluctuation especially when caused b inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to sa or do two oppoite or conflicitng things.
D.   of little or no importance; insignificant, trivial
Question #3
antidote
A.   of little or no importance; insignificant, trivial
B.   a terse saying embodying a general truth , or astute observation
C.   a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
D.   a medicine or other remedy for counteracting effects of poison, disease, etc
Question #4
nostalgia
A.   a terse saying embodying a general truth , or astute observation
B.   of little or no importance; insignificant, trivial
C.   a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time
D.   uncertainty or fluctuation especially when caused b inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to sa or do two oppoite or conflicitng things.
Question #5
inconsequential
A.   a medicine or other remedy for counteracting effects of poison, disease, etc
B.   a terse saying embodying a general truth , or astute observation
C.   of little or no importance; insignificant, trivial
D.   uncertainty or fluctuation especially when caused b inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to sa or do two oppoite or conflicitng things.
Question #6
demise
A.   death or decease
B.   the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness
C.   throrough going or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted ot traditional forms
D.   existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseperable element, quality, or attribute
Question #7
radical
A.   existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseperable element, quality, or attribute
B.   the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness
C.   of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions
D.   throrough going or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted ot traditional forms
Question #8
inherent
A.   death or decease
B.   existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseperable element, quality, or attribute
C.   of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions
D.   the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness
Question #9
serenity
A.   of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions
B.   throrough going or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted ot traditional forms
C.   death or decease
D.   the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness
Question #10
whimsical
A.   throrough going or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted ot traditional forms
B.   of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions
C.   death or decease
D.   existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseperable element, quality, or attribute
Question #11
humility
A.   the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc
B.   distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
C.   a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
D.   intended to entrap or beguile
Question #12
cynical
A.   intended to entrap or beguile
B.   a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience
C.   distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
D.   a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
Question #13
insidious
A.   the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc
B.   a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience
C.   intended to entrap or beguile
D.   a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
Question #14
opiate
A.   the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc
B.   distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
C.   a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience
D.   a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
Question #15
agnostic
A.   the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc
B.   intended to entrap or beguile
C.   distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
D.   a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience
Question #16
perish
A.   to rise or float in the air, esoecially as a result of a supernatural power tht overcomes gravity
B.   vigorous action or effort
C.   to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc
D.   any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or great rhododendron
Question #17
laurels
A.   any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or great rhododendron
B.   vigorous action or effort
C.   a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
D.   to rise or float in the air, esoecially as a result of a supernatural power tht overcomes gravity
Question #18
exertion
A.   to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc
B.   to rise or float in the air, esoecially as a result of a supernatural power tht overcomes gravity
C.   a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
D.   vigorous action or effort
Question #19
levitate
A.   to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc
B.   to rise or float in the air, esoecially as a result of a supernatural power tht overcomes gravity
C.   any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or great rhododendron
D.   a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Question #20
pilgrimage
A.   to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc
B.   any of various similar trees or shrubs, as the mountain laurel or great rhododendron
C.   a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion
D.   vigorous action or effort
Question #21
innately
A.   existing in one from birth; inborn; native
B.   of great of far-reaching importance or consequence
C.   to utilize, especially for profit, turn to practical account
D.   a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
Question #22
momentous
A.   a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
B.   to utilize, especially for profit, turn to practical account
C.   of great of far-reaching importance or consequence
D.   wasted; withered; shriveled
Question #23
patriarch
A.   to utilize, especially for profit, turn to practical account
B.   a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
C.   existing in one from birth; inborn; native
D.   wasted; withered; shriveled
Question #24
exploited
A.   wasted; withered; shriveled
B.   existing in one from birth; inborn; native
C.   of great of far-reaching importance or consequence
D.   to utilize, especially for profit, turn to practical account
Question #25
atrophied
A.   a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
B.   existing in one from birth; inborn; native
C.   wasted; withered; shriveled
D.   of great of far-reaching importance or consequence

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