11th - vocab week 2

What does the word 'lurid' mean?

• boring
• shocking
• pale
• ordinary

What does the word 'transcend' mean?

• limit
• exceed
• fall behind
• remain stagnant

What does the word 'provincial' mean?

• open-minded
• outlying
• sophisticated
• urban

Which word means 'shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion'?

• unctuous
• umbrage
• transcend
• simulate

Which word means 'worthy, deserving recognition and praise'?

• petulant
• meritorious
• lurid
• jaded

What does the word 'prerogative' mean?

• special right
• ordinary quality
• mediocre privilege
• common right

Which word means 'wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)'?

• meritorious
• jaded
• lurid
• petulant

Which word means 'peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset'?

• jaded
• petulant
• meritorious
• lurid

Which word means 'to rise above or beyond, exceed'?

• unctuous
• umbrage
• simulate
• transcend

What does the word 'unctuous' mean?

• genuine
• smug
• dry
• humble