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Vocabulary Review Week 1
Test Description: Choose the correct vocabulary word to complete the sentence.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) British poets who were somewhat cynical liked to __________ the institutions of their day. They had to be careful, though: Satirists could be punished severely for making fun of those in power.
A
bellicose
B
lampoon
C
abject
D
propriety
2) A variety of colorful individuals have contributed to Britain’s poetic heritage. One was Alexander Pope (1688-1744) who, although small and physically weak, was often aggressive and __________ in his writing, using words almost as weapons.
A
cognizant
B
fortuitous
C
bellicose
D
abject
3) Wollstonecraft observed that many women lived __________ lives; they were made miserable by men who treated them as members of an inferior class.
A
prosaic
B
omniscient
C
discursive
D
abject
4) Wollstonecraft said that society and men’s attitudes toward women often kept women in __________ or ordinary situations, when, in fact, they were capable of exceptional achievements.
A
bellicose
B
prosaic
C
fortuitous
D
discursive
5) Conventional standards made women “weak and wretched,” Wollstonecraft wrote. She criticized such forms of __________ and urged women to “acquire strength, both of mind and body.”
A
lampoon
B
propriety
C
euphemism
D
cognizant
6) In the introduction to A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft states that she wants to avoid “flowery diction.” One would not expect her writing to include _______ , but for her to call things what they are with honesty and directness.
A
euphemism
B
prosaic
C
omniscient
D
bellicose
7) Suddenly, I was keenly aware of someone or something watching us. I do not know what made me __________ of this; perhaps it was merely instinct. All I could see were huge trees, their branches swaying in the fierce wind.
A
discursive
B
cognizant
C
fortuitous
D
omniscient
8) Eric, my brother, started talking excitedly, rambling on about various subjects that nobody else cared about. I think he was trying to hide his fear with his __________ speech.
A
abject
B
prosaic
C
discursive
D
lampoon
9) “Well,” my father said, “you have to admit it’s __________ that we’ve found this house…or castle, or whatever it is. And it’s also fortunate that someone inside appears to be awake. Look---there’s a light on upstairs.”
A
propriety
B
fortuitous
C
bellicose
D
discursive
10) The knowledge also suddenly came to me that the strange person—if the figure was indeed a person—was __________ and knew everything about me and my family.
A
omniscient
B
discursive
C
cognizant
D
prosaic
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