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Improve your vocabulary with this mini review featuring key words and definitions. Enhance your language skills by understanding terms like "culpable," "status quo," "modus operandi," and more. Test your knowledge and expand your word bank!
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Vocabulary Quiz 4 Mini Review (Because Ms. Landon loves you)
Culpable • Culpable = blamable • The guilty culprit was caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Status quo • Status Quo = the way things are • Status Quo = Stays the same
Modus operandi • Modus Operandi = mode of operation • Motorcycle Randy – Randy’s mode of operation or habit is to ride his cool motorcycle everywhere.
Surreptitious • Surreptitious = sneaky or stealthy
Desecrate • Desecrate = disrespect a sacred place • Desecrate = destruction and destroy
Anathema • Anathema = someone or something that is hated • Math is an anathema to me.
Avarice • Avarice = greed • Driven by avarice, my sister ate all of the rice!
Mitigate • Mitigate = alleviate (reduce/lessen)
Beneficent • Beneficent = generous • If you are a beneficent person, you do things to benefit others.