TEST-Ch.4 Level 1

This chapter explores vocabulary related to uncertainty and skepticism (e.g., ambivalent, cynical, skeptical, dubious), criticism and disapproval (e.g., censor, censure, contempt, derision, disdain), moral corruption or rigidity (e.g., depraved, dogmatic, arbitrary), praise and improvement (e.g., extol, embellish, arbitrate), and uselessness or triviality (e.g., futile, inane, mundane). It also includes words about conformity vs. rejection (e.g., conformist, repudiate), leniency (e.g., clemency), and complete removal (e.g., eradicate). The chapter contrasts open-mindedness with stubbornness, respect with irreverence, and meaningfulness with foolishness.