English 11/12 Lesson 1 Vocab

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the ARCANE?

• Gary has trouble understanding simple addition and subtraction.
• Few people outside of south-central Chile can speak Araucan.
• Robin studies, oblivious to her siblings playing loudly around her.
• I always enjoy reading the jokes in this magazine.

We dismissed the accounts of UFO contacts with humans as ______.

• expedient
• arcane
• imperturbable
• apocryphal

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word EXUDE?

• The phone rang repeatedly, but no one bothered to answer it.
• As soon as Tom exceeded the speed limit, he was stopped by the highway patrol.
• The salesman radiated confidence, which made it hard to refuse his offer.
• For three days in a row, the local forecast was wrong.

Expedient

• useful for some purpose; convenient; concerned with serving one's own interests
• an increase, addition, or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts
• understood by only a few; mysterious
• a deceptive scheme or strategy

He ______ so much when he talked that I paid more attention to his arms than to his story.

• reiterated
• gesticulated
• exuded
• mortified

In which of the following places would you be MOST LIKELY to find an atmosphere of levity?

• a commencement ceremony
• a funeral
• a party
• a hearing

Imperturbable

• of doubtful authenticity or origin
• calm and assured
• understood by only a few; mysterious
• useful; convenient; concerned with serving one's own interests

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word INCREMENTAL?

• The car skidded on the ice and went off the road into the guard rail.
• The new fighter jet soared to 20,000 feet in less than a minute.
• Last night's six inches of snow brings the month's total to 58 inches.
• Men's jacket sizes are 36-inch, 38-inch, 40-inch, 42-inch, and 44-inch.

When I went to pay the check during the date, I was ______ to discover that I had no money.

• mortified
• vacillated
• exuded
• gesticulated

Convene

• to say or do over again; to repeat
• to summon or cause to assemble; to gather; to meet formally
• to emit; to give forth
• to move back and forth; to waiver