REVIEW: Academic Vocabulary (Lesson 8) Week 1 and 2

Match the following terms to the correct definition.

• 1. (verb) to strike with a club 2. (noun) a short, heavy club with one end heavier than the other

• bludgeon

• (noun) a lack of interest or emotion

• eloquent

• (adjective) wretched, hopeless, and pitiful

• apathy

• (adjective) clear, expressive, and moving in speech 

• cursory

• (adjective) performed quickly with little attention to detail

• forlorn

Match the following terms to the correct definition.

• (adjective) too numerous to be counted

• ordeal

• 1. a bird that burned itself and rose from the ashes young again 2. A person of unmatched quality

• murky

• (noun) a painful or difficult experience

• phoenix

• (verb) to refuse bluntly

  (noun) A harsh refusal

• rebuff

• (adjective) dark and gloomy; cloudy; unclear

• innumerable

I'm sorry to put you through this horrible __________.

• ordeal

• innumerable

• murky

• phoenix

• rebuff

We were sad because our suggestion was immediately _______ at the meeting.

• ordealed

• innumerabled

• murkied

• phoenixed

• rebuffed

He has invented __________ excuses, told endless lies over their many years together.

• ordeal

• innumerable

• murky

• phoenix

• rebuff

She could no longer see the ring after she threw it into the river's _______ depths.

• ordeal

• innumerable

• murky

• phoenix

• rebuff

The airline rose like a ________ from the ashes after years of failure.

• ordeal

• innumerable

• murky

• phoenix

• rebuff

Sometimes silence shows more emotion and is more _______ than words.

• eloquent

• apathy

• bludgeon

• cursory

• forlorn

It seemed a _______ hope that we would find a taxi in the overcrowded city.

• eloquent

• apathy

• bludgeon

• cursory

• forlorn

She is deeply angry about this and her approach is to _______ him.

• eloquent

• apathy

• bludgeon

• cursory

• forlorn