Eng9 Wordly Wise L7 Review

The ________ host scarcely gave his guests a chance to speak.

• exorbitant

• ingrate

• voluble

• moribund

All of the following demonstrate the meaning of the word "injunction" EXCEPT...

• When the hurricane warning was announced, my family heeded the order to evacuate.

• The court stated the company could not hire permanent replacement workers during the strike.

• The owner refused to close the restaurant in spite of the judge's order.

• "Can you please put your things away," she kindly asked.

extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious

• moribund

• sumptuous

• amorous

• voluble

Poor management led the organization to become ________.

• moribund

• exorbitant

• sumptuous

• voluble

All of the following demonstrate the meaning of "subsidize" EXCEPT...

• The Fulbright scholarship made it possible for Keisha to study abroad.

• Government support helped the solar-panel industry get started.

• My parents let me use the house for our club meeting.

• Grants from the state made the road project cheaper.

Which of the following are definitions for the word "motif"?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

• a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is repeated

• lending human qualities to an inanimate object

• a figure or design repeated in the decoration of something, such as a building or textile

I felt like a(n) ________ for forgetting to thank my mother for making the food for my party.

• ingrate

• motif

• censure

• injunction

The word "amorous" works in all of the following sentences EXCEPT...

• It was ___ to answer your grandmother so rudely.

• The ___ couple in the romantic comedy had to survive a series of antics before the movie culminated in a wedding.

• The swans on the lake entwined their necks in ___ play.

• The sonnets are the ___ outpourings of the poet's feelings for his wife.

My friends ________ with me on the wisdom of waiting until the storm had passed before I walked to the park.

• censured

• subsidized

• expostulated

• belittled

to present or speak of as unimportant or of little value

• subsidize

• expostulate

• divulge

• belittle