Weekly Vocabulary Honors Les. 7

What is the meaning of the word - bedraggled?

• wet, limp, messy

• neat

• unkempt

• dry, tidy

What does the word - behoove - mean?

• to be neat

• to be unnecessary

• to be necessary, right, or proper for to be messy

• to be messy

What is a euphemism?

• a term that is offensive or unpleasant

• a term that is neutral

• a term that is ambiguous

• an inoffensive term substituted for one that is offensive or unpleasant

What is the meaning of the word - evanescent?

• lasting a long time; permanent

• lasting only a short time; vanishing

• lasting forever

• lasting for a moderate duration

What does it mean to exacerbate something?

• the maintain the severity of

• to decrease the severity of; to alleviate

• to increase the severity of; to aggravate

• to have no effect on the severity

What does the word - exemplary - mean?

• not admirable

• remarkable

• not worthy of imitation; unsatisfactory

• worthy of imitation; commendable

What does it mean to be opulent?

• having or showing great wealth

• having or showing great poverty

• having or showing moderate wealth

• having or showing no wealth

What does it mean for something to be opaque?

• partially letting light pass through; partially transparent; partially reflecting light

• completely letting light pass through; completely transparent; completely reflecting light letting light pass through; transparent; reflecting light

• not letting light pass through; not transparent; not reflecting light

• etting light pass through; transparent; reflecting light

What does it mean for something to be ornate?

• moderately decorated

• elaborately or overly decorated

• plain

• simply decorated

What does it mean to sequester something?

• to bring together, unite; to go off with others

• to separate temporarily; to go off temporarily

• to mix together, combine; to go off with others

• to set off or apart, separate; segregate (as a jury); to go off by oneself