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WorksheetsVocab 1 -15
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Antonyms: yielding, flexible, pliable
a)
Adamant
b)
Thwart
c)
mollify
d)
Chloeric
2.
cool, calm, and collected
a)
bombastic
b)
aplomb
c)
ameliorate
d)
exhort
3.
If you don't study, you can't be the ____ of a star student
a)
drivel
b)
aplomb
c)
callow
d)
epitome
4.
After being sick all week, a certain amount of ____ can be expected.
a)
permeate
b)
stringent
c)
lassitude
d)
aplomb
5.
Which word means "to burn to ashes"?
a)
larceny
b)
incinerate
c)
larceny
d)
pompous
6.
Which word means "to burn to ashes"?
a)
larceny
b)
incinerate
c)
larceny
d)
pompous
7.
Because the wrestler wanted to sound important, he gave himself the ________________ title of “King of the Ring”.
a)
larceny
b)
pompous
c)
pliant
d)
incinerate
8.
(adj) overbearing arrogant, seeking to dominate, pressing, compelling
a)
imperious
b)
invective
c)
reprobate
d)
munificent
9.
(adj) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret, sheltered, secluded (n) a sheltered place, a hiding place
a)
recondite
b)
imperious
c)
covert
d)
efficacious
10.
(v) to grow or accumulate over time, to happen as a natural result
a)
gist
b)
accrue
c)
dun
d)
covert
11.
to exceed one's limitations
a)
transcend
b)
lurid
c)
expostulate
d)
hiatus
12.
wearied by too many compliments
a)
assuage
b)
jaded
c)
transcend
d)
simulate
13.
feign a reconciliation
a)
simulate
b)
expostulate
c)
transcend
d)
petulant
14.
SYNONYM
troubling,
disturbing
troubling,
disturbing
a)
disconcerting
b)
debased
c)
mitigating
d)
reproved
15.
DEFINITION
(v.) to treat a sacred object, place, or image with disrespect; to pollute
(v.) to treat a sacred object, place, or image with disrespect; to pollute
a)
desecrate
b)
disconcert
c)
pillage
d)
prate
16.
ANTONYM
to intensify,
to aggravate
to intensify,
to aggravate
a)
mitigate
b)
disconcert
c)
desecrate
d)
concoct
17.
Match the image with the corresponding term.
a)
cadaverous
b)
infraction
c)
desecrate
d)
austere
18.
Match the image with the corresponding term.
a)
desecration
b)
cadaver
c)
concoction
d)
pillaging
19.
Match the image with the corresponding term.
a)
vulnerability
b)
prating
c)
desecration
d)
mitigated
20.
Match the image with the corresponding term.
a)
grandiose
b)
vulnerable
c)
redoubtable
d)
cadaverous
21.
to assign or refer to; to attribute
a)
commiserate
b)
expiate
c)
ascribe
d)
enjoin
22.
to make easy
a)
sangfroid
b)
seditious
c)
expedite
d)
tenuous
23.
Though hurt by his ____ language, I had to admit that some of his points were valid.
a)
seditious
b)
tenuous
c)
inadvertent
d)
vitriolic
24.
Because so many of his patients were poor, the doctor charged only a ____ fee.
a)
noncommittal
b)
nominal
c)
expedite
d)
tenuous
25.
to share a feeling of distress
a)
commiserate
b)
ascribe
c)
abominate
d)
wheedle
26.
(adj.) marked by honor, courtesy, and courage; knightly
a)
Embark
b)
Discrepancy
c)
Assent
d)
Chivalrous
27.
Many judges are willing to show ________ to first offenders who express regret for their wrongdoings.
a)
Clemency
b)
Facile
c)
Diffident
d)
Dearth
28.
to go beyond a limit or boundary; to violate a law
a)
transmute
b)
brusque
c)
transgress
d)
castigate
29.
to change from one nature, substance, or form to another
a)
sinecure
b)
disabuse
c)
fetter
d)
transmute
30.
one who rises against authority; rising in revolt
a)
fetter
b)
insurgent
c)
ennui
d)
cajole
31.
self government
a)
autonomy
b)
salutary
c)
equitable
d)
spoprific
32.
Many judges are willing to show ________ to first offenders who express regret for their wrongdoings.
a)
Clemency
b)
Facile
c)
Diffident
d)
Dearth
33.
Passengers could not exit the bus without tripping over the _________ package in the aisle.
a)
obtrusive
b)
slipshod
c)
erroneous
d)
despicable
34.
a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality
a)
vicarious
b)
contrive
c)
fetter
d)
megalomania
35.
not subject to change; constant
a)
transgress
b)
immutable
c)
aspersion
d)
anolalous
36.
a chain or shackle placed on the feet
a)
fetter
b)
brusque
c)
aspersion
d)
sinecure
37.
a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
a)
insurgent
b)
demagogue
c)
bizarre
d)
vicarious
38.
to coax or persuade through flattery
a)
anolalous
b)
heinous
c)
cajole
d)
castigate
39.
self government
a)
autonomy
b)
salutary
c)
equitable
d)
spoprific
40.
to adorn or embellish; to proclaim widely
a)
scathing
b)
caveat
c)
blazon
d)
scourge
41.
self evident
a)
flout
b)
precept
c)
axiomatic
d)
extricate
42.
extremely strict in regard to moral standards
a)
straitlaced
b)
soporific
c)
unwieldy
d)
autonomy
43.
to coax or persuade through flattery; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises
a)
bizarre
b)
heinous
c)
cajole
d)
castigate
44.
Caught up in the ____ of revolution, the young men enlisted with the local militias.
a)
proclivity
b)
wheedle
c)
ferment
d)
nominal
45.
Dictators usually begin their reigns by searching out and silencing ____ opinion.
a)
expedite
b)
seditious
c)
peculate
d)
adventitious
46.
accidental
a)
vitriolic
b)
inadvertent
c)
nominal
d)
circuitous
47.
to make amends; to make up for
a)
sangfroid
b)
expedite
c)
ascribe
d)
expiate
48.
to steal something that has been given into one's trust
a)
seditious
b)
peculate
c)
enjoin
d)
expiate
49.
Caught up in the ____ of revolution, the young men enlisted with the local militias.
a)
proclivity
b)
wheedle
c)
ferment
d)
nominal
50.
She asked for an RSVP, but I prefer to remain ____.
a)
inadverdent
b)
noncommittal
c)
enjoin
d)
adventitious
51.
thin, slender; poorly supported
a)
wheedle
b)
circuitous
c)
tenuous
d)
seditious
52.
alleviate his worst fears
a)
assuage
b)
prerogative
c)
simulate
d)
transcend
53.
gruesome tales of grave robbers
a)
lurid
b)
intercede
c)
expostulate
d)
petulant
54.
to direct or order; to prohibit
a)
ferment
b)
sangfroid
c)
wheedle
d)
enjoin
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