Freshman Vocab. Quiz 8/25

fundamental; necessary to learn first

• rudimentary

• resilient

• collaborate

• zealot

Several writers and editors have ? in preparing this vocabulary text, sharing their knowledge and skills.

• instigated

• collaborated

• squelched

• scoffed

to silence or suppress; crush

• venerate

• collaborate

• squelch

• scoff

For months after his wife died, Mr. Craig was ?. No matter how hard they tried, his family and friends could not cheer him up.

• retrospect

• instigate

• rudimentary

• despondent

to make fun of; mock; refuse to take seriously

• scoff

• retrospect

• despondent

• venerate

An English captain named Robert Jenkins ? a war in 1738 by displaying his pickled ear, which he said had been cut off by a Spanish patrol. The horrified British declared war on Spain--the "War of Jenkins' Ear."

• collaborated

• instigated

• scoffed

• squelched

able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune

• zealot

• squelch

• resilient

• retrospect

The Crusaders were Christian ? during the Middle Ages who left their homes and families an went off to try to capture the Holy Land.

• collaborates

• despondents

• zealots

• retrospects

to respect deeply; to revere

• despondent

• venerate

• rudimentary

• despondent

When I took Ms. Klein's writing course, I thought she was too demanding. In ?, though, I realize that she taught me more than anyone else.

• collaborate

• instigate

• resilient

• retrospect