2019-20 ELA 2 Term 1 Vocabulary Pre-Test
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Which two words are almost synonyms? prudent wary spontaneous disdain subtle inevitable The soldiers feel _ for the _ general, who has served in three wars without losing any of his men. restrained, spontaneous wary, persnickety compassion, subtle disdain, haughty diligent, inevitable reverence, venerable A _ celebrity might show _ for regular people who aren't rich and famous. haughty, disdain wary, persnickety compassion, subtle orator, abstain diligent, prosperity reverence, venerable I'm a responsible and _ student who never misses an assignment or fails to study for a test. I consider this a good quality, but my lazy younger sister calls me _. haughty, disdain diligent, persnickety subtle, restrained venerable, inevitable benevolent, compassion spontaneous, prudent A kind and _ wealthy person might feel _ for poor people and donate money to help them. haughty, disdain wary, disdain compassion, subtle orator, abstain benevolent, compassion spontaneous, prosperity Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. prudent marked by sound judgment inevitable incapable of being avoided or prevented subtle difficult to grasp or describe; understated compromise a deal or an accommodation in which both sides make concessions prosperity having good fortune or wealth Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. reverence a feeling of profound respect for someone or something compassion a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering diligent quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness; conscientious haughty having or showing arrogant superiority persnickety characterized by excessive attention to trivial details; fussy or demanding Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. benevolent showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding disdain lack of respect and intense dislike hypothesis a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested venerable worthy of great honor and respect restrained under control Match the vocabulary words to their definitions. orator a person who delivers a speech spontaneous said or done without having been planned in advance abstain choose not to consume asylum a shelter from danger or hardship wary cautious, careful, watchful What is a synonym for subtle? rude avoid slight generous respect impulsive What is a synonym for inevitable? responsible slight under control unavoidable arrogant intense dislike What is a synonym for compromise? educated guess controlled cautious agreement respected honored What is a synonym for prosperity? good fortune control respect agreement arrogance honor What is a synonym for hypothesis? under control refuge slight generous educated guess speaker What is a synonym for restrained? agreement under control respect agreement shelter avoid What is a synonym for orator? wealth nitpicky respect agreement speaker sympathy What is a synonym forspontaneous? wealth speaker refuge agreement under control impulsive What is a synonym for abstain? speaker avoid slight generous respect impulsive What is a synonym for asylum? refuge under control impulsive good fortune agreement speaker