Lessons 4-6 Quiz Review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| actuate | to put into action
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| alleviate | to make more bearable; relieve; lessen
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| beset | to attack from all sides; to trouble constantly, harass
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| dire | dreadful, horrible; urgent, desperate
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| fervent | having or showing intense emotion or enthusiasm
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| fester | to become infected and form pus; to become increasingly irritating
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| heartening | encouraging
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| humanitarian | a person who is devoted to promoting human welfare; having concern for helping humanity
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| mobilize | to assemble and organize for action, use, or war
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| zealous | filled with intense desire or enthusiasm
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| appellation | a descriptive name, title, or designation
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| bowderlize | to edit or modify by taking out obscene or objectionable passages
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| cognate | related by having the same origin, as certain words; a word related to one in another language
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| doggeral | poetry with little artistic worth that is often humorous, crude, or trivial
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| oxymoron | a figure of speech that combines contradictory words
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| paradigm | a list of all forms of a word, to serve as an example for other words; an example that serves as a model
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| parlance | a way or manner of speaking
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| pastoral | an artistic work that portrays rural life; charmingly simple and serene
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| protagonist | the main character in a novel, drama, or other work of literature
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| vernacular | the common, everyday language spoken by a people; the standard native language of a country or place
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| accede | to give one's consent; agree
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| concession | a giving in, yielding; an acknowledgement or admission
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| defray | to pay for (the costs or expenses)
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| fractious | inclined to make trouble; irritable, cranky
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| fragmentary | consisting of small disconnected parts; incomplete
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| infraction | a violation of a law or rule
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| intercession | a plea that is made on behalf of another
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| precedent | an action, statement, or occurrence that may serve as an example for similar future instances
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| recede | to move back or away; to retreat or withdraw
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| refractory | difficult to control; stubbornly disobedient
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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