English 1 Vocabulary Quiz #2

JARED P.
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There will be 21 words in total.
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  1. vain
    unproductive of success
    Hospital officials searched in VAIN for the parents of an injured 10-month-old girl rescued from the rubble after 12 hours. Wall Street Journal (Apr 6, 2013)
    with this definition, usually "vain" is used together with "in" --> "in vain"
  2. scurry
    move about or proceed hurriedly
    As the camera panned over SCURRYING people and injured lying on the ground, the second blast goes off a short distance down the street. Seattle Times (Apr 16, 2013)
  3. idle
    not in action or at work
    Minnesota is IDLE Thursday night, but the other three teams are in action.
  4. contrived
    showing effects of planning or manipulation
    Sadly, even Lance Armstrong’s contrition is CONTRIVED, it seems. Washington Post (Jan 17, 2013)
  5. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
    When she dies suddenly, he comes up with an INGENIOUS way of turning back time by travelling into deep space.
  6. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
    It is perhaps also through fiction that the real world’s old ENMITIES can be smoothed over.
  7. trace
    an indication that something has been present
    Al Zarooni was charged after tests found TRACES of anabolic steroids in 11 of his horses. BBC (Apr 26, 2013)
  8. gnarled
    old and twisted and covered in lines
    The toe, mangled like a lineman’s GNARLED finger, probably needs surgery.
  9. skulk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
    A SKULKING dog got out of their way. Weyman, Stanley J.
  10. covet
    wish, long, or crave for
    With 3.2 million people out of work, such specialized jobs are highly COVETED.
  11. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
    And players were downright GIDDY about getting two days off. Seattle Times (Nov 26, 2012)
  12. slither
    pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
    "Novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poems SLITHERED off my typewriter in haphazard spasms of abortive creation," he later wrote. Seattle Times (Jun 21, 2012)
  13. wily
    marked by skill in deception
    Ralph observed, between some flattering but meaningless remarks of his WILY host. Chapman, Allen
  14. lurk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
    But a kind, caring man LURKED just beneath the surface.
  15. glum
    moody and sorrowful
    The GLUM forecast comes after records for June were broken on Friday in Washington, Atlanta and Louisville, Kentucky.
  16. disembark
    exit from a ship, vehicle, or aircraft
    The Japan Airlines fire ignited about half an hour after the plane had landed in Boston and nearly 200 passengers and crew members had DISEMBARKED. Salon (Feb 4, 2013)
  17. dangle
    hang freely
    Flooding damaged a theater building there, as well as homes along Officers’ Row, where some front porches now DANGLE precariously.
  18. throttle
    kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
    The Huskies were on the verge of being THROTTLED and fell behind by 18 before rallying midway through the second half. Seattle Times (Dec 9, 2012)
  19. eerie
    suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
    Boston residents described an EERIE ghost town and an emotionally charged atmosphere.
  20. furtive
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
    The officers said they observed “FURTIVE” movements in the back seat.
  21. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
    Bard is a proud, GRIM man descended from Girion, Lord of Dale.
Created on Thu May 02 03:22:24 EDT 2013 (updated Sun May 05 21:47:56 EDT 2013)

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