Vocabulary List

Which word means publicize, promote, advertise or praise excessively?

• propitiate

• tout

• preamble

• recant

To appease, soothe or pacify is to:

• plummet

• tout

• recant

• propitiate

Which is an antonym for florid?

• plain

• floral

• talkative

• decorative

This weekend, the temperature will ________ to below 30 degrees.

• precipitate

• tout

• plummet

• propitiate

Which verb means to strip, deprive or take away?

• propitiate

• tout

• plummet

• divest

Although Latrell does not speak much in class, put a cellphone in her hand and you'll see how ______________ she can be!

• loquacious

• anachronistic

• compliant

• fatuous

The opposite of preamble is:

• aftergamble

• introduction

• conclusion

Gabrielle's argument was so ______________ that we could not follow all the twists and turns.

• convoluted

• compliant

• florid

• impassive

Which word means a model of perfection; pattern of excellence?

• aragon

• florid

• zenith

• paragon

After graduation, I got a good job despite the negative comments from teachers throughout my high school years. I learned to ignore them and now I am ____________ to criticism.

• convoluted

• impassive

• impervious

• ignorant