Period E CPA Vocab Units 7-9 Review Test

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Period E CPA Vocab Units 7-9 Review Test

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1.

Which word means: to prepare by combining ingredients, make up; to devise, invent
- A.
  
  Concoct
- B.
  
  Grandiose
- C.
  
  Ignoble
- D.
  
  Culpable
2.

Which word means:trifling, unimportant
- A.
  
  Inconsequential
- B.
  
  Odium
- C.
  
  Irresolute
- D.
  
  Egregious
3.

Which word means:fat; having a large, bulky body
- A.
  
  Corpulent
- B.
  
  Bovine
- C.
  
  Stalwart
- D.
  
  Nebulous
4.

Which word means:the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position
- A.
  
  Restitution
- B.
  
  Reprove
- C.
  
  Abate
- D.
  
  Equivocate
5.

Which word means:a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
- A.
  
  Avarice
- B.
  
  Crass
- C.
  
  Pillage
- D.
  
  Perfidy
6.

Which word means:to deny responsibility for or connection with
- A.
  
  Disavow
- B.
  
  Dissipate
- C.
  
  Dissension
- D.
  
  Disconcert
7.

Which word means:performing acts of kindness or charity
- A.
  
  Beneficent
- B.
  
  Desecrate
- C.
  
  Subservient
- D.
  
  Evanescent
8.

Which word means:disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
- A.
  
  Dissension
- B.
  
  Gauntlet
- C.
  
  Anathema
- D.
  
  Austere
9.

Which word means:extreme poverty
- A.
  
  Penury
- B.
  
  Perfidy
- C.
  
  Astute
- D.
  
  Punctilious
10.

Which word means:impartial; calm, free from emotion
- A.
  
  Dispassionate
- B.
  
  Hypothetical
- C.
  
  Adulation
- D.
  
  Debase
11.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:His father looked at the mess with ________ hardly knowing what to say first.
- A.
  
  Consternation
- B.
  
  Susceptible
- C.
  
  Prate
- D.
  
  Acrimonious
12.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:I am not ordinarily a(n) ______ person, but the sight of that terrible automobile accident haunted me for weeks.
- A.
  
  Squeamish
- B.
  
  Dissipate
- C.
  
  Pretentious
- D.
  
  Redoubtable
13.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:The rescued captives were weak from hunger and __________ in appearance.
- A.
  
  Cadaverous
- B.
  
  Ignoble
- C.
  
  Nebulous
- D.
  
  Dilatory
14.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:Experience taught her to control her _________ outbursts of anger.
- A.
  
  Intemperate
- B.
  
  Irresolute
- C.
  
  Impugn
- D.
  
  Austere
15.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:He went right on with his speech, refusing to be _________ by the heckling of a few loudmouths.
- A.
  
  Disconcerted
- B.
  
  Mitigated
- C.
  
  Resuscitated
- D.
  
  Expurgated
16.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:Science is not based on ________ assumptions, but on proven facts.
- A.
  
  Hypothetical
- B.
  
  Bovine
- C.
  
  Vulnerable
- D.
  
  Astute
17.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:Although she tried to _________, we insisted on a clear "yes" or "no" answer.
- A.
  
  Equicovate
- B.
  
  Recapitulate
- C.
  
  Debase
- D.
  
  Prate
18.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:I had hoped to __________ her anger by offering her an apology.
- A.
  
  Mitigate
- B.
  
  Reprove
- C.
  
  Relegate
- D.
  
  Disavow
19.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:His _______ schemes for world conquest collapsed in a nightmare of military defeat and internal revolt.
- A.
  
  Grandiose
- B.
  
  Corpulent
- C.
  
  Inconsequential
- D.
  
  Beneficent
20.

Choose the vocabulary word that BEST completes the following sentence:Andrew _________ endlessly for an hour but made few insightful points.
- A.
  
  Prated
- B.
  
  Abated
- C.
  
  Pillaged
- D.
  
  Crassed
21.

Which vocabulary word means most nearly the SAME as:adoration
- A.
  
  Adulation
- B.
  
  Beneficent
- C.
  
  Subservient
- D.
  
  Reprove
22.

Which vocabulary word means most nearly the SAME as:susceptible
- A.
  
  Vulnerable
- B.
  
  Grandiose
- C.
  
  Perfidy
- D.
  
  Egregious
23.

Which vocabulary word means most nearly the SAME as:a challenge
- A.
  
  Gauntlet
- B.
  
  Dissension
- C.
  
  Infraction
- D.
  
  Penury
24.

Which vocabulary word means most nearly the SAME as:precise
- A.
  
  Punctilious
- B.
  
  Acrimonious
- C.
  
  Stalwart
- D.
  
  Squeamish
25.

Which vocabulary word means most nearly the SAME as:revive
- A.
  
  Resuscitate
- B.
  
  Novice
- C.
  
  Relegate
- D.
  
  Concoct