ENG 2 Vocab Quiz Weeks 1-2

Making a movie out of the complicated novel required substantial _________________ of the plot.

• agitation

• assumption

• alteration

• ambivalent

She __________ him his share of the inheritance.

• begrudged

• aromatic

• ambivalent

• agitation

The politician's __________________answers left the reporters confused about what he really planned to do.

• ambivalence

• alteration

• abrupt

• ambiguous

Only an expert can understand the __________ language of these scholarly papers.

• assumption

• ambiguous

• arcane

• ambivalence

In my cooking, I like to use ____________ herbs such as dill, fennel, and basil.

• begrudged

• assumption

• agitation

• aromatic

Because he was so late, she made the ________ that he had missed the bus.

• ambivalence

• ambivalent

• assumption

• begrudges

The lecture dealt with an _____________ topic, but the speaker made it interesting and comprehensible to the audience

• abrupt

• abolished

• arcane

• ambivalent

Her interest lies in the _____________ rituals of ancient peoples.

• abrupt

• arcane

• agitation

• ambivalence

She had ______________ feelings about her daughter's upcoming marriage.

• ambivalence

• assumption

• arcane

• ambivalent

She had always thought she would be overjoyed at being offered such an opportunity; therefore, she was surprised at her own __________________.

• ambivalence

• agitation

• abolished

• assumption