English 9 Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

If a business’s reputation has been tarnished, it has been

• improved
• advertised
• sullied
• misrepresented

Someone who decides to move ahead without fear or hesitation is:

• uninformed
• unflinching
• insensitive
• unready

Which of the following is the opposite of distinguished?

• confused
• mediocre
• outstanding
• murky

If you are visiting a desert for the first time, the landscape might seem:

• alien
• familiar
• fictitious
• lush

The opposite of homely is:

• uncomfortable
• scruffy
• comely
• dreadful

Another word for recompense is:

• conserve
• compensate
• falsify
• compare

In line 3, fodder is used to refer to:

• food for farm animals
• the name of a television show
• a source of ideas
• a set of rules

In line 4, lucrative means:

• unimportant
• serious
• profitable
• complex

In line 5, dissolute is used to:

• convey a sense of corruption
• suggest that the witnesses are completely honest
• suggest that the witnesses are uncooperative
• clarify a legal term

In line 6, adjourned means:

• replaced some of its members
• moved to another room
• asked for clarification
• argued loudly