THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION REVIEW (VOCABULARY)

The institution of slavery was abolished during Abraham Lincoln's _____.

• incumbency

• subterfuge

• autonomous

• petulance

The _____ beauty of Esther pleased King Ahasuerus, and he chose her to become the new queen.

• transcendent

• perennial

• facade

• ardent

Once the _____ of a new process is learned, it will become natural, and the old process will seem inefficient.

• subtlety

• capaciousness

• prodigy

• aperture

The judge appreciated the journalist's _____ in the article detailing the upcoming trial.

• candor

• gregariousness

• transience

• peremptoriness

Daniel determined in his heart that he would _____ no evil.

• perpetrate

• peruse

• subpoena

• subsidize

CULMINATION : RESOLUTION :: _____

• surveillance : supervision

• abject : miserable

• tremulous : tremulously

• transfix : mesmerize

SUPERFLUOUS : REQUISITE :: _____

• candid : deceitful

• astute : sagacious

• furtively : brazenly

• subpoena : compel

CRASS : UNCOUTH :: _____

• suave : urbane

• peremptory : docile

• effrontery : meekness

• artifice : honesty

APERTURE : APERTURAL :: _____

• subtlety : subtle

• defunct : defunctness

• ominous : ominously

• prodigious : prodigy

VOLITION : COERCION

• deference : disrespect

• premise : foundation

• peruse : scrutinize

• malicious : malevolent