Vocabulary List 6 (2)

This Introduction to Poetry course is a _____ for the Advanced Poetry course; you must pass the first class before you can take the second one.

• prerequisite

• iconoclast

• anachronism

• digression

The ______ child kept grumbling about how bored he was in the store.

• iconoclast

• querulous

• digression

• prerequisite

A _____ smell rose from the trash pile.

• extemporaneous

• incorrigible

• repugnant

• impetuous

She is an _____ student; no amount of discipline will keep her from misbehaving.

• extemporaneous

• impetuous

• repugnant

• incorrigible

Please do not _____ your grandmother with constant requests.

• exasperate

• reiterate

• augment

• disseminate

His _____ speech at the wedding was very good for something that hadn't been written beforehand.

• repugnant

• incorrigible

• extemporaneous

• impetuous

Jason, always an _____, explained why he disagreed with his family's holiday traditions.

• prerequisite

• digression

• anachronism

• iconoclast

As you pick your classes for next year, do not be _____ in your decisions; choose your courses carefully.

• impetuous

• querulous

• extemporaneous

• incorrigible

The play director asked me to remove my digital watch because the play was set in the 1800s, so it was an _____

• digression

• anachronism

• prerequisite

• iconoclast

The teacher's _____ led him off-topic for a good five minutes.

• digression

• iconoclast

• prerequisite

• anachronism