Vocabulary, spelling quiz 11

a social class based on things such as wealth and family heritage

caste

to work together to accomplish a goal

collaborate

struck speechless with astonishment

dumbfounded

left unseeded or unworked after plowing

fallow

lonely resulting from feeling of abandonment

forlorn

to struggle against

grapple

excessive self-esteem shown through actions or speech about oneself

pompous

an odd habit

quirk

to keep outward reactions in check; to control a situation or freedom

repress

LEG as in legible

to choose, to gather, to read

PLEX as in perplexity

to fold, to interweave, to tangle

PENS as in propensity

to hang, to weigh, to pay