Vocabulary Mastery Test: Units 10-12

What is the meaning of the word "defunct"?

• No longer existing or functioning

• Very beautiful

• Full of energy

• Easily influenced

Which word means "having a pleasing appearance"?

• Fetish

• Aesthetic

• Hapless

• Plaintive

What does "laconic" mean?

• Talkative

• Using few words

• Dishonest

• Sad

Which word refers to "a group of people united in a secret plot"?

• Cabal

• Detritus

• Burnish

• Rudiments

What is the meaning of "impeccable"?

• Unreliable

• Faultless; without error

• Weak

• Unhappy

Which word means "to ask persistently; to beg"?

• Importune

• Espouse

• Winnow

• Rebuff

Which word best describes "to support or adopt a cause"?

• Espouse

• Abrogate

• Decimate

• Forgo

Which word means "to abolish or do away with"?

• Abrogate

• Attenuate

• Oscillate

• Penitent

Which word means "to make smooth or shiny by rubbing"?

• Burnish

• Flaccid

• Inure

• Rebuff

What does "hapless" mean?

• Lucky

• Unfortunate

• Deceitful

• Weak