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WorksheetsVocabulary Units 4-6
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a long pillow or cushion
a)
qualm
b)
muster
c)
bolster
2.
What is the part of speech of aloof?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
3.
lying facedown
a)
ornate
b)
prone
c)
blase
4.
What is the part of speech for bask?
a)
verb
b)
noun
c)
adjective
5.
to cringe, flinch
a)
pulverize
b)
cower
c)
assert
6.
What is the part of speech for scapegoat?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
7.
great suffering, distress, or pain
a)
finesse
b)
pseudonym
c)
anguish
8.
able to hold or keep
a)
retentive
b)
abashed
c)
articulate
9.
delicate skill
a)
finesse
b)
scapegoat
c)
anguish
10.
an area of authority or control
a)
sequel
b)
intrigue
c)
jurisdiction
11.
of little importance, not worthy of serious attention
a)
frivolous
b)
porous
c)
staid
12.
a ghost or ghostly figure
a)
apparition
b)
jurisdiction
c)
sequel
13.
wastefully extravagant
a)
inaudible
b)
aghast
c)
prodigal
14.
a fall guy, whipping boy
a)
purge
b)
finesse
c)
scapegoat
15.
cordial, pleasantly cheerful or warm
a)
retentive
b)
genial
c)
aloof
16.
crafty dealings, underhanded plotting
a)
apparition
b)
proximity
c)
intrigue
17.
showing concern or care
a)
solicitous
b)
porous
c)
ornate
18.
to read thoroughly and carefully
a)
peruse
b)
sustain
c)
annul
19.
withdrawn, standing apart from others
a)
aloof
b)
forthright
c)
resolute
20.
What is a synonym for instill?
a)
flaunt
b)
introduce
c)
attain
21.
What is a synonym for inaudible?
a)
easily understood
b)
unable to be heard
c)
deafening
22.
What is a synonym for defects?
a)
excuses
b)
flaws
c)
skills
23.
What is a synonym for qualms?
a)
doubts
b)
research
c)
reports
24.
What is a synonym or epitaphs?
a)
ideas
b)
gravestone inscriptions
c)
feelings
25.
What is an antonym for proximity?
a)
distance
b)
dealings
c)
access
26.
What is an antonym for volatile?
a)
erratic
b)
comical
c)
steady
27.
What is an antonym for resolute?
a)
firm
b)
spineless
c)
stationary
28.
What is an antonym for inaudible?
a)
out of tune
b)
melodious
c)
easily heard
29.
The club's treasurer was ___ after money was found to be missing and the advisor demanded his removal.
a)
mustered
b)
deplored
c)
ousted
30.
The tour guide took care to ____ his speech clearly and distinctly so that everyone on the bus could hear the information.
a)
finesse
b)
purge
c)
articulate
31.
The singer-song writer was clad in a ___ dark suit and maroon tie; he gave no hint of the wild music that had won him a Grammy.
a)
staid
b)
solicitous
c)
prone
32.
The waitress was ___ enough at first but couldn't hide her hostility when we sent back the main course for the third time.
a)
aloof
b)
retentive
c)
genial
33.
Uncle Fred will often ____ the entire newspaper looking for the tiniest misspelling that proofreaders have missed.
a)
peruse
b)
muster
c)
deplore
34.
My sister has been known to ___ for hours over whether she has said everything she needed to say in her essays.
a)
bask
b)
instill
c)
anguish
35.
They found the Great Dane ____ in front of a tiny Maltese who had chased him across three yards.
a)
cowering
b)
intriguing
c)
asserting
36.
World conferences on global warming focus on ways to ___ the effects of greenhouse gases on the environment.
a)
muster
b)
bolster
c)
annul
37.
The prospective partner seemed so ___ and stuffy no one could imagine he wanted to invest in a chain of raucous video arcades.
a)
staid
b)
prone
c)
frivolous
38.
Acid rain has corroded the letters of many ___ on old tombstones across New England.
a)
prodigals
b)
purges
c)
epitaphs
39.
All of her gloomy ___ about the trip turned out to be without foundation, and she had a wonderful time.
a)
premonitions
b)
purges
c)
repercussions
40.
The invitation had a(n) ___ engraving that made any thought of a plain, simple affair fade.
a)
ornate
b)
porous
c)
prone
41.
If you are caught in an open field in a bad thunderstorm, lie ___, since lightning bolts tend to be attracted to solitary, upright objects.
a)
frivolous
b)
solicitous
c)
prone
42.
The inky ___ that comes to the top of a mash of recycled newspaper can be used as fuel to run the machines.
a)
nonentity
b)
residue
c)
qualm
43.
No one foresaw the disastrous ___ of the passage of a bill that was thought to be helpful!
a)
repercussions
b)
finesses
c)
purges
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