 |
Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
 |
|
Tale of Two Cities Vocabulary Part Two
Your vocabulary test will again be 50 questions. First, you will match the word to the definition, then you will place the word in a sentence.
|
| A | B |
|---|
| scrupulous | very careful and conscientious |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| venerate | to honor, revere |
| forensic | pertaining to debate or argument |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| profligate | extremely wasteful |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| ardor | warmth or heat of emotion |
| precipitate | cause to occur speedily, throw headlong |
| provincial | lacking sophistication, narrow-minded |
| disconcerting | upsetting, frustrating |
| supercilious | haughty, vain, and arrogant |
| felicitous | happy or delightful |
| apocryphal | of doubtful origin or authenticity |
| sagacious | wise, shrewd, very discerning |
| diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness |
| execrable | extremely bad, deserving of hate |
| modicum | limited quantity |
| conflagration | large fire |
| munificent | very generous |
| penitent | showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing |
| inviolable | secure from violation or from being profaned |
| approbation | official approval, praise, commendation |
| sequester | to seclude |
| galling | very irritating |
|
|
|
|
|
Language Arts Department Chair |
Dalton High School |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
