ELA -Vocab quiz 1

having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

• Ameliorate

• Ambivalent

• Versatile

• Effusive

• Ignominy

an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.

• Ameliorate

• Ambivalent

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Ignominy

public shame or disgrace

• Connotation

• Ambivalent

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Ignominy

a phrase or pair of words that contradicts itself.

• Ameliorate

• Ambivalent

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Ignominy

To make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

• Ameliorate

• Effusive

• Irony

• Supercilious

• Ignominy

state of being important or famous

• Versatile

• Effusive

• Irony

• Supercilious

• Prominence

able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities

• Versatile

• Effusive

• Irony

• Supercilious

• Prominence

expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or

heartfelt manner.

• Ameliorate

• Effusive

• Irony

• Supercilious

• Ignominy

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

• Ameliorate

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Supercilious

• Prominence

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

• Ameliorate

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Supercilious

• Prominence