12th Grade Vocabulary Test (1-60)

Something short-lived or fleeting is

• immutable

• gregarious

• ephemeral

• fulsome

• fortuitous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

The perfect example or embodiment of something is the

• heresy

• hiatus

• epitome

• harangue

• idiosyncrasy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Maintaining mental composure and calm under stress shows

• impetuousness

• glibness

• fractiousness

• equanimity

• incongruity

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

To speak ambiguously to mislead is to

• extol

• equivocate

• foment

• exalt

• impugn

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Knowledge that is understood only by a select few is

• explicit

• esoteric

• fulsome

• facetious

• frivolous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To support or adopt a cause or belief is to

• espouse

• fabricate

• exalt

• impede

• forbear

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Something delicate, airy, or almost otherworldly is

• fractious

• ethereal

• germane

• hackneyed

• inane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

A mild or indirect way of saying something unpleasant is a

• harangue

• euphemism

• hiatus

• heresy

• hegemony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To make a situation worse is to

• extol

• exalt

• exacerbate

• fabricate

• impugn

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

To praise or glorify highly is to

• foment

• equivocate

• exalt

• espouse

• fulsome

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6