WorksheetsF11-15 Vocab
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Disseminate
b)
Satiate
c)
Sear
d)
Specious
2.
a)
Dowdy
b)
Pernicious
c)
Discursive
d)
Censurable
3.
Moderate, sparing, characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
a)
Abstemious
b)
Florid
c)
Dowdy
d)
Discursive
4.
a)
Pernicious
b)
Censurable
c)
Gauche
d)
Discursive
5.
a)
Satiate
b)
Discursive
c)
Foist
d)
Inculcate
6.
a)
Sear
b)
Foist
c)
Inculcate
d)
Corroborate
7.
Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
a)
Gauche
b)
Contingent
c)
Abstemious
d)
Censurable
8.
Deserving of blame or correction
a)
Corroborate
b)
Censurable
c)
Contingent
d)
Discursive
9.
Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
a)
Palpable
b)
Perceptive
c)
Pernicious
d)
Specious
10.
Having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keep appreciation
a)
Perceptive
b)
Pernicious
c)
Specious
d)
Abstemious
11.
Likely but not certain to happen, possible
a)
Contingent
b)
Abstemious
c)
Florid
d)
Gauche
12.
a)
Caricature
b)
Clangor
c)
Cupidity
d)
Paragon
13.
The value of any picture of a famous person is automatically ______ if it also has their signature on it.
a)
Enhanced
b)
Enthralled
c)
Absolved
d)
Extenuated
14.
Extra, excess, more than is needed; repetitive, wordy
a)
Redundant
b)
Sanctimonious
c)
Scintillating
d)
Winsdome
15.
You are going to have to do a lot more than buy my flowers in order to ______ my attentions.
a)
Enthrall
b)
Extenuate
c)
Enhance
d)
Winsome
16.
A fundamental Catholic belief is that one can be ______ from their sins by confession and good actions.
a)
Absolved
b)
Clangored
c)
Enhanced
d)
Enthralled
17.
The houses are....
a)
Contiguous
b)
Implicit
c)
Incisive
d)
Inimical
18.
a)
Deleterious
b)
Implicit
c)
Incisive
d)
Ostentatious
19.
a)
Ostentatious
b)
Sanctimonious
c)
Winsome
d)
Cupidity
20.
Prince Charming
a)
Winsome
b)
Scintillating
c)
Implicit
d)
Contiguous
21.
Many high school students do not yet know how to dissect literature or ask ______ questions.
a)
Incisive
b)
Inimical
c)
Ostentatious
d)
Deleterious
22.
The fire alarm often produces a ______, scaring anyone who is not expecting it.
a)
Clangor
b)
Caricature
c)
Cupidity
d)
Paragon
23.
Driving while intoxicated is a stupid, selfish, and ______ action.
a)
Inimical
b)
Implicit
c)
Incisive
d)
Ostentatious
24.
"I may not have turned him in after the crime, but I certainly did not ______ him during it!" cried the suspect.
a)
Abet
b)
Foment
c)
Aver
d)
Buttress
25.
No one wanted to ______ the fact that Fred was not a well-liked colleague to his face, but due to his constant inappropriate remarks and confrontations it seemed inevitable.
a)
Broach
b)
Aver
c)
Abet
d)
Buttress
26.
a)
Buttress
b)
Broach
c)
Foment
d)
Aver
27.
a)
Collate
b)
Connoisseur
c)
Carousal
d)
Broach
28.
a)
Disconsolate
b)
Connoisseur
c)
Grisly
d)
Herculean
29.
a)
Abet
b)
Encumber
c)
Aver
d)
Buttress
30.
a)
Herculean
b)
Impassive
c)
Prolific
d)
Rejoinder
31.
Spock doesn't have emotions...
a)
Impassive
b)
Connoisseur
c)
Incontrovertible
d)
Inauspicious
32.
He is confused...
a)
Nonplussed
b)
Opportune
c)
Impassive
d)
Inauspicious
33.
She was not worried about being accepted into the arts program because she was already a ______ of both music and film.
a)
Connoisseur
b)
Carousal
c)
Prolific
d)
Opportune
34.
The evidence was ______, so the jury had no choice but to convict the suspect.
a)
Incontrovertible
b)
Nonplussed
c)
Inauspicious
d)
Prolific
35.
Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time
a)
Opportune
b)
Nonplussed
c)
Blatant
d)
Impassive
36.
Noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous
a)
Blatant
b)
Grisly
c)
Disconsolate
d)
Herculean
37.
To promote trouble or rebellion
a)
Foment
b)
Abet
c)
Aver
d)
Broach
38.
To affirm or declare confidently
a)
Aver
b)
Abet
c)
Broach
d)
Foment
39.
A model of excellence or perfection
a)
Paragon
b)
Politic
c)
Prosaic
d)
Sanctimonious
40.
a)
Gauche
b)
Salient
c)
Foist
d)
Satiate
41.
Swollen, bloated, filled to excess
a)
Turgid
b)
Sententious
c)
Tortuous
d)
Precocious
42.
The ______ little girl showed wisdom beyond her years by the way she reacted to the scary situation.
a)
Precocious
b)
Sadistic
c)
Sententious
d)
Amenable
43.
a)
Berate
b)
Deplete
c)
Expatiate
d)
Supplicate
44.
a)
Deplete
b)
Expatiate
c)
Berate
d)
Supplicate
45.
a)
Infirmity
b)
Inception
c)
Jejune
d)
Obdurate
46.
a)
Amenable
b)
Obdurate
c)
Credulous
d)
Jejune
47.
a)
Potpourri
b)
Inception
c)
Amenable
d)
Carnage
48.
a)
Supplicate
b)
Surfeit
c)
Berate
d)
Deplete
49.
a)
Tortuous
b)
Sadistic
c)
Sententious
d)
Extraneous
50.
I would like for you to ______ on the interesting topic you touched on a few minutes ago.
a)
Expatiate
b)
Extraneous
c)
Deplete
d)
Berate
51.
Eating competitions only end in a ______ of food AND drink, causing the competitors to feel sick by the end.
a)
Surfeit
b)
Amenable
c)
Carnage
d)
Inception
52.
The founder could not believe that he was being fired, because he had been there since the ______ of the company.
a)
Inception
b)
Criterion
c)
Credulous
d)
Infirmity
53.
Unfortunately, most competitions that involve judges are not really based on a strict set of ______, but rather personal preferences.
a)
Criterion
b)
Inception
c)
Surfeit
d)
Sententious
54.
The punishment you have given for the child's actions is a far too severe consequence; you are just being plain ______.
a)
Sadistic
b)
Sententious
c)
Tortuous
d)
Precocious
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