Question

quiz four

1. definitions
2. whirlpool, turbulence, agitated state of mind

a. bruit
b. debacle
c. hedonism
d. maelstrom
e. nihilism

1. improve someone morally

a. optimum
b. edify
c. importune
d. besmirch
e. rectify

1. behavior; manner of conducting oneself

a. emendation
b. nihilism
c. demeanor
d. debacle
e. hedonism

1. comical; jocular, flippant

a. facetious
b. effete
c. baroque
d. celibate
e. fervent

1. a complete failure; a total collapse

a. besmirch
b. debacle
c. antithesis
d. obloquy
e. altruism

1. lucky; by chance

a. fortuitous
b. perfunctory
c. baroque
d. imperative
e. celibate

1. to make dirty; to stain

a. besmirch
b. besiege
c. deviate
d. gloat
e. obfuscate

1. pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses

a. debacle
b. obloquy
c. nihilism
d. hedonism
e. aegis

1. extremely holy

a. ephemeral
b. sacrosanct
c. perfunctory
d. imperative
e. fecund

1. abstaining from intercourse

a. fortuitous
b. perfunctory
c. celibate
d. baroque
e. diaphanous

1. to summarize; to repeat briefly

a. enervate
b. rectify
c. recapitulate
d. importune
e. besmirch

1. extremely necessary; vitally important

a. diaphanous
b. perfunctory
c. impotent
d. celibate
e. imperative

1. keenness of judgment

a. perspicacity
b. chagrin
c. altruism
d. carnage
e. hedonism

1. to pierce with a sharp stake through the body

a. extenuate
b. edify
c. recapitulate
d. impale
e. extenuate

1. a concern for others; generosity

a. obloquy
b. perspicacity
c. emendation
d. altruism
e. demeanor

1. done without care; in routine fashion

a. imperative
b. fortuitous
c. ephemeral
d. perfunctory
e. adventitious

1. strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism

a. hedonism
b. nihilism
c. obloquy
d. altruism
e. debacle

1. resembling; seeming; half

a. perfunctory
b. quasi-
c. sacrosanct
d. impotent
e. debacle

1. deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others

a. facetious
b. bestial
c. ambiguous
d. fortuitous
e. sadistic

1. overly decorated

a. sacrosanct
b. facetious
c. baroque
d. fortuitous
e. diaphanous
vocabulary power plus for the new sat - book 3

Explanation:

This is a vocabulary - based quiz. Each question presents a definition and asks to match it with the correct word from the given options. For example, for the definition "a complete failure, a total collapse", we need to identify the correct word from the choices. We rely on knowledge of word - meanings to answer these questions.

Answer:

1. D. maelstrom
2. B. edify
3. C. demeanor
4. A. facetious
5. B. debacle
6. A. fortuitous
7. A. besmirch
8. D. hedonism
9. B. sacrosanct
10. C. celibate
11. C. recapitulate
12. E. imperative
13. A. perspicacity
14. E. transfix
15. D. altruism
16. D. perfunctory
17. C. obloquy
18. B. quasi -
19. E. Sadistic
20. C. baroque