English 9 - Lesson 8 Review

Her _____ handling of the boat saved us from going onto the rocks.

• raucous

• definitive

• adroit

• militant

All of the following are definitions for the word "lapse" EXCEPT...

• to fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment

• to come to an end; to expire

• a pause

• a hobby

My parents, _____ supporters of public education, worked with other parents and teachers to improve the elementary schools in our town.

• affronted

• militant

• raucous

• definitive

to insult or offend deliberately; OR a deliberate insult or offensive act

• demeanor

• crusade

• prodigy

• affront

Her classmates treated Maria like a _____ when she told the teacher someone had cheated on the test.

• pariah

• prodigy

• protege

• crusader

An avocation is...

• a mission or struggle

• an activity pursued for pleasure

• a person who shows remarkable talent at a young age

• one whose training is helped by another

ALL of the following demonstrate the meaning of the word "crusade" EXCEPT...

• John Brown led a fight to emancipate enslaved people.

• Paulo had fought nonstop to eliminate prejudice from his workplace.

• Arthur Ashe made it a mission at the end of his career to protest racism.

• Randy accepted his punishment for vandalizing the bathroom stalls.

Everyone flocked to the newly invented Ferris wheel, which was regarded as a(n) _____ of the age of steel.

• prodigy

• protege

• lapse

• induction

Which of the words below means "supplying a final answer; conclusive"?

• adroit

• definitive

• erudite

• militant

Mozart was a musical _____ who began composing at age five.

• adroit

• erudite

• prodigy

• protege