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Vocab Unit 6

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
to make up for
a)
atone
b)
defray
c)
hew
d)
hamper
2.
slavery; any state of being bound or held down
a)
impoverished
b)
supplant
c)
bondage
d)
ghastly
3.
believable
a)
lucid
b)
doleful
doleful
c)
credible
d)
sardonic
4.
to pay for
a)
atone
atone
b)
hamper
c)
supplant
d)
defray
5.
hardworking, industrious, not lazy
a)
diligent
b)
posthumous
c)
tenacious
d)
intricate
6.
sad; dreary
a)
ghastly
b)
doleful
c)
posthumous
d)
superfluous
7.
frightful, horrible; deathly pale
a)
doleful
b)
superfluous
c)
ghastly
d)
posthumous
8.
to hold back
a)
hew
b)
hamper
c)
atone
d)
bondage
9.
to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to
a)
prim
b)
supplant
c)
taunt
d)
hew
10.
poor, in a state of poverty; depleted
a)
defray
b)
supplant
c)
impoverished
d)
doleful
11.
never stopping, going on all the time
a)
incessant
b)
tenacious
c)
diligent
d)
posthumous
12.
complicated; difficult to understand
a)
credible
b)
lucid
c)
intricate
d)
sardonic
13.
easy to understand, clear; rational, sane
a)
credible
b)
lucid
c)
hew
d)
sardonic
14.
occurring or published after death
a)
hamper
b)
ghastly
c)
superfluous
d)
posthumous
15.
overly neat, proper, or formal; prudish
a)
prim
b)
 taunt
c)
atone
d)
supplant
16.
grimly or scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic
a)
taunt
b)
tenacious
c)
sardonic
d)
superfluous
17.
exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess
a)
atone
b)
superfluous
c)
posthumous
d)
defray
18.
to take the place of; supersede
a)
supplant
b)
taunt
c)
defray
d)
prim
19.
to jeer at, mock; an insulting or mocking remark
a)
sardonic
b)
taunt
c)
prim
d)
lucid
20.
holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
a)
diligent
b)
sardonic
c)
taunt
d)
tenacious
21.

Which syllable of atone is stressed?

a)

a

b)

tone

22.

Which syllable of bondage is stressed?

a)

bon

b)

dage

23.

Which syllable of credible is stressed?

a)

cred

b)

i

c)

ble

24.

Which syllable of defray is stressed?

a)

de

b)

fray

25.

Which syllable of diligent is stressed?

a)

dil

b)

i

c)

gent

26.

Which syllable of doleful is stressed?

a)

dole

b)

ful

27.

Which syllable of ghastly is stressed?

a)

ghast

b)

ly

28.

Which syllable of hamper is stressed?

a)

ham

b)

per

29.

Which syllable of impoverished is stressed?

a)

im

b)

pov

c)

erished

30.

Which syllable of incessant is stressed?

a)

in

b)

cess

c)

ant

31.

Which syllable of intricate is stressed?

a)

in

b)

tri

c)

cate

32.

Which syllable of lucid is stressed?

a)

lu

b)

cid

33.

Which syllable of posthumous is stressed?

a)

post

b)

hu

c)

mous

34.

Which syllable of sardonic is stressed?

a)

sar

b)

don

c)

ic

35.

Which syllable of superfluous is stressed?

a)

su

b)

per

c)

flu

d)

ous

36.

Which syllable of supplant is stressed?

a)

sup

b)

plant

37.

Which syllable of tenacious is stressed?

a)

ten

b)

a

c)

cious

38.

Which word is a synonym for expiate?

a)

atone

b)

bondage

39.

Which word is a synonym for servitude, subjection, and dependence?

a)

diligent

b)

bondage

40.

Which word is a synonym for plausible, acceptable, and likely?

a)

credible

b)

bondage

41.

Which word is a synonym for bear the cost and foot the bill?

a)

defray

b)

hamper

42.

Which word is a synonym for assiduous and sedulous?

a)

diligent

b)

incessant

43.

Which word is a synonym for sorrowful, mournful and dolorous?

a)

diligent

b)

doleful

44.

Which word is a synonym for dreadful, appalling, and grisly?

a)

lucid

b)

ghastly

45.

Which word is a synonym for hinder, obstruct, impede, and inhibit?

a)

hamper

b)

ghastly

46.

Which word is a synonym for chop, hack, fell, adhere and conform?

a)

hamper

b)

hew

47.

Which word is a synonym for poverty-stricken, destitute and indigent?

a)

posthumous

b)

impoverished

48.

Which word is a synonym for ceaseless, constant and uninterrupted?

a)

incessant

b)

impoverished

49.

Which word is a synonym for convoluted?

a)

intricate

b)

lucid

50.

Which word is a synonym for limpid and intelligible?

a)

lucid

b)

impoverished

51.

Which word is a synonym for fussy, fastidious, and squeamish?

a)

prim

b)

taunt

52.

Which word is a synonym for mordant, acerbic, and wry?

a)

sardonic

b)

supplant

53.

Which word is a synonym for surplus and supererogatory?

a)

sardonic

b)

superfluous

54.

Which word is a synonym for replace, displace and oust?

a)

supplant

b)

prim

55.

Which word is a synonym for ridicule and insult?

a)

supplant

b)

taunt

56.

Which word is a synonym for obstinate, stubborn, and dogged?

a)

tenacious

b)

taunt

57.

Which word is an antonym for freedom, liberty, and independence?

a)

bondage

b)

taunt

58.

Which word is an antonym for unbelievable, implausible, and improbable?

a)

credible

b)

doleful

59.

Which word is an antonym for lazy, indolent, cursory, and perfunctory?

a)

diligent

b)

hew

60.

Which word is an antonym for blithe, jaunty, and buoyant?

a)

doleful

b)

incessant

61.

Which word is an antonym for frightful, horrible, and deathly pale?

a)

ghastly

b)

lucid

62.

Which word is an antonym for facilitate, ease, and smooth the way?

a)

doleful

b)

hamper

63.

Which word is an antonym for rich, wealthy, affluent, and prosperous?

a)

impoverished

b)

incessant

64.

Which word is an antonym for occasional, sporadic, and intermittent?

a)

impoverished

b)

incessant

65.

Which word is an antonym for simple, uninvolved, and uncomplicated?

a)

intricate

b)

posthumous

66.

Which word is an antonym for murky, muddy, obscure, and unintelligible?

a)

intricate

b)

lucid

67.

Which word is an antonym for prenatal?

a)

superfluous

b)

posthumous

68.

Which word is an antonym for dowdy, frumpy, sloppy, untidy, and loose?

a)

prim

b)

posthumous

69.

Which word is an antonym for bland, saccharine, and good-natured?

a)

sardonic

b)

posthumous

70.

Which word is an antonym for necessary, essential, vital, and indispensable?

a)

superfluous

b)

posthumous

71.

Which word is an antonym for cheer, acclaim, and praise?

a)

taunt

b)

prim

72.

Which word is an antonym for yielding, weak, gentle, and slack?

a)

tenacious

b)

prim

73.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

atone

b)

atoan

74.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

bawndage

b)

bondage

75.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

credable

b)

credible

76.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

defray

b)

difray

77.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

dilligent

b)

diligent

78.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

doleful

b)

doalful

79.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

ghastly

b)

ghastley

80.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

hamper

b)

hamber

81.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

hew

b)

hewe

82.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

impoverished

b)

impoverashed

83.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

incessant

b)

insessant

84.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

intricate

b)

intracate

85.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

lusid

b)

lucid

86.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

postchumous

b)

posthumous

87.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

primm

b)

prim

88.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

sardenic

b)

sardonic

89.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

superfluos

b)

superfluous

90.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

suplannt

b)

supplant

91.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

tawnt

b)

taunt

92.

Which is spelled correctly?

a)

tenashious

b)

tenacious