Vocabulary Assessment

Directions: Answer the questions. Show me you know it. Here are your words:

Abstruse, affable, audacity, contrite, credulous, depravity, deprecate, didactic,

dormant, enigmatic, erudite, exotic.

1. The room was decorated simply, but elegantly. The brilliantly colored,
_____________ flowers from Brazil accentuated the subtle brown colors in the
furniture and floor.

2. Use erudite in a sentence:

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3. Take the word abstruse. Come up with a word that is the opposite of abstruse.
Now, using that word, write a sentence that shows me you know it.

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4. Draw a picture of the word didactic. Make sure you show me you know it.

5. Depravity is like a candy bar because1 …

1 On this question, you can answer the question as it is. If you don’t think depravity is like a
candy bar, then you can change the question as follows: Depravity is like [insert word of your choice]
because…, but it is not like a candy bar because …
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6. Write six potential qualities of an affable person.

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7. When is a person most likely to be contrite. Give an example.

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8. Using only one sentence, and any three words on the yellow paper, describe
Shotoku. Make sure that you show me you know the words, and that you know
the words too. (Hint - Think thesis statement showing cause and effect.)

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9. Aldous Huxley, an English novelist and critic, said “The charm of history and its
enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and
 yet everything is completely different.” Explain what Huxley means, and as you
do that, show me that you know what enigmatic means.

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10. Draw lines matching the word to the description:

1. audacity a. not been active or used for a long time, but is

2. credulous capable of becoming active.
3. depravity b. willing to believe; gullible.
4. deprecate c. to show disapproval.
5. dormant d. lacking in morals.
e.very daring and taking lots of risks.