ENGL 216 QUIZ 3 PRACTICE TESTED
QUESTIONS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWER KEY
◉ guise. Answer: an external appearance
◉ homage. Answer: special honor or respect shown publicly
◉ impiety. Answer: irreverence; lack of respect for God
◉ incorrigible. Answer: not able to be corrected; beyond control
◉ immutable. Answer: not subject to change, constant
◉ iniquity. Answer: immoral or grossly unfair behavior
◉ irreproachable. Answer: blameless
◉ luminary. Answer: enlightening person
◉ melancholy. Answer: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with
no obvious cause
, ◉ mortify. Answer: To embarrass or humiliate
◉ obscurity. Answer: the condition of being unknown
◉ ostentatious. Answer: showy, pretentious
◉ overt. Answer: open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way
that is easily recognized
◉ perpetuation. Answer: the act of prolonging or causing to exist
indefinitely
◉ posterity. Answer: all future generations
◉ penitent. Answer: showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing,
repentant
◉ profane. Answer: showing contempt toward sacred things
◉ rebuke. Answer: to criticize sharply
QUESTIONS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWER KEY
◉ guise. Answer: an external appearance
◉ homage. Answer: special honor or respect shown publicly
◉ impiety. Answer: irreverence; lack of respect for God
◉ incorrigible. Answer: not able to be corrected; beyond control
◉ immutable. Answer: not subject to change, constant
◉ iniquity. Answer: immoral or grossly unfair behavior
◉ irreproachable. Answer: blameless
◉ luminary. Answer: enlightening person
◉ melancholy. Answer: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with
no obvious cause
, ◉ mortify. Answer: To embarrass or humiliate
◉ obscurity. Answer: the condition of being unknown
◉ ostentatious. Answer: showy, pretentious
◉ overt. Answer: open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way
that is easily recognized
◉ perpetuation. Answer: the act of prolonging or causing to exist
indefinitely
◉ posterity. Answer: all future generations
◉ penitent. Answer: showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing,
repentant
◉ profane. Answer: showing contempt toward sacred things
◉ rebuke. Answer: to criticize sharply