ENG 9 Vocab List 1 Review

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1. 1The choir's two sections sang such ___ notes that the conductor stopped and made everyone start over.
   Adiscordant

   Bdisparate

   Cdevoted

   Dcoalescing
2. 2What does DISPARATE mean?
   Adisagreeing, clashing

   Bfundamentally different, unrelated

   Ccoming together to form one whole

   Dloyal, dedicated
3. 3After decades of separate traditions, the two neighborhoods slowly began ___ into a single, tight-knit community.
   Alanguishing

   Bpostponing

   Ccoalescing

   Dassimilating
4. 4What does PLURALISTIC mean?
   Afundamentally different, unrelated

   Bself-satisfaction, unaware of danger

   Ca sudden urge to act

   Dmade up of multiple distinct groups coexisting
5. 5She could trace her family ___ back five generations to a small fishing village.
   Astock

   Bdescendants

   Cminority

   Dexile
6. 6What does DESCENDANTS mean?
   Aprocess of becoming a citizen

   Bpeople descended from an ancestor

   Cpeople who came before an ancestor

   Da smaller part of a group
7. 7It took him nearly a decade to complete the paperwork required for ___.
   Aassimilation

   Bexile

   Cnaturalization

   Ddiversity
8. 8What does ASSIMILATION mean?
   Aprocess of becoming a citizen

   Bbanishment from one's home

   Ca deep longing

   Dprocess of being absorbed into a culture
9. 9The freshman was completely ___ with the star quarterback, though he barely knew her name.
   Ainfatuated

   Benthralled

   Cdevoted

   Danticipated
10. 10What does ENTHRALLED mean?
    Afilled with intense but shallow attraction

    Bcaptivated, spellbound

    Cgrew weak, lost vitality

    Ddelayed to a later time
11. 11A wave of pure ___ washed over the team the moment the buzzer sounded and they realized they'd won.
    Aimpulse

    Byearning

    Celation

    Dcomplacency
12. 12What does IMPULSE mean?
    Agreat happiness, exhilaration

    Ba deep longing

    Cloyal, dedicated

    Da sudden urge to act
13. 13The family had ___ the storm for days, boarding up windows long before the first raindrop fell.
    Aanticipated

    Bpostponed

    Clanguished

    Didly
14. 14What does DEVOTED mean?
    Aexpected, looked forward to

    Bloyal, dedicated

    Cwoven together, intricately combined

    Dself-satisfied, unaware of danger
15. 15Only a small ___ of the class actually finished the extra credit assignment.
    Afaction

    Bdescendants

    Cminority

    Ddiversity
16. 16What does INTERWOVEN mean?
    Afundamentally different, unrelated

    Bmade up of multiple distinct groups

    Cnot developing or progressing

    Dwoven together, intricately combined
17. 17The neighborhood festival celebrated the ___ of cultures that had shaped the city over a century.
    Adiversity

    Bassimilation

    Cstock

    Dfaction
18. 18He spent the entire snow day ___ flipping through channels, too bored to commit to anything.
    Adevoted

    Bidly

    Canticipated

    Dlanguished
19. 19What does POSTPONE mean?
    Aexpel from one's home

    Bgrow weak, lose vitality

    Cdelay to a later time

    Dcome together to form one whole
20. 20Without any new challenges in years, the veteran players fell into a kind of ___, going through the motions without improving.
    Acomplacency

    Belation

    Cyearning

    Dstagnation
21. 21What does COMPLACENCY mean?
    Aself-satisfaction, especially unaware of danger

    Bstate of not developing or progressing

    Ca deep longing

    Dcaptivated, spellbound
22. 22Even years after moving away, she still felt a quiet ___ for the sound of her hometown's train whistle.
    Aelation

    Byearning

    Cimpulse

    Dcomplacency
23. 23What does LANGUISHED mean?
    Acame together to form one whole

    Bgrew strong, gained vitality

    Cgrew weak, lost vitality

    Ddelayed to a later time
24. 24After the scandal, the CEO was effectively ___ from the company he'd built, barred from ever returning.
    Apostponed

    Blanguished

    Cnaturalized

    Dexiled
25. 25What does FACTIONS mean?
    Asmall dissenting groups within a larger group

    Bpeople descended from an ancestor

    Ca smaller part of a group

    Dvariety, range of difference
26. 26A SYNONYM for ELATION is:
    Asorrow

    Bjoy

    Canger

    Dboredom
27. 27An ANTONYM for LANGUISHED is:
    Aweakened

    Brested

    Cflourished

    Dtraveled
28. 28A SYNONYM for DEVOTED is:
    Acareless

    Bdistant

    Clazy

    Dloyal
29. 29An ANTONYM for DISPARATE is:
    Asimilar

    Bdifferent

    Cdistant

    Drare
30. 30A SYNONYM for YEARNING is:
    Aboredom

    Blonging

    Canger

    Drelief
31. 31An ANTONYM for COMPLACENCY is:
    Asatisfaction

    Blaziness

    Cvigilance

    Dcomfort
32. 32A SYNONYM for IDLY is:
    Aurgently

    Bcarefully

    Cquickly

    Daimlessly
33. 33An ANTONYM for ENTHRALLED is:
    Abored

    Bcaptivated

    Camazed

    Dthrilled
34. 34A SYNONYM for STAGNATION is:
    Aprogress

    Bstandstill

    Cgrowth

    Dchange
35. 35An ANTONYM for POSTPONE is:
    Adelay

    Bcancel

    Cproceed

    Dwait
36. 36After the merger, the two long-separate departments slowly began ___ into one unified team.
    Alanguishing

    Bpostponing

    Cassimilating

    Dcoalescing
37. 37Even though the note only mentioned a small disagreement, the tension between the two ___ within the club had clearly been building for weeks.
    Afactions

    Bdescendants

    Cminority

    Dstock
38. 38The senator argued that true progress meant ___, not merely tolerating different groups but actively integrating their voices.
    Anaturalization

    Bassimilation

    Cdiversity

    Dcomplacency
39. 39By the third week of the same repetitive drills, the team's improvement had clearly slowed into ___.
    Acomplacency

    Belation

    Cstagnation

    Dimpulse
40. 40Word of the surprise reunion left her feeling nothing but pure ___ for the rest of the day.
    Ayearning

    Bimpulse

    Ccomplacency

    Delation
41. 41He'd been ___ with the idea of quitting his job for months, but he never acted on it.
    Ainfatuated

    Benthralled

    Cdevoted

    Danticipated
42. 42The final performance left the entire audience completely ___ — no one moved until the lights came up.
    Ainfatuated

    Benthralled

    Cdevoted

    Danticipated
43. 43The debate quickly fell apart as the panelists' opinions grew more ___, each one contradicting the last.
    Adisparate

    Bpluralistic

    Cdiscordant

    Dinterwoven