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Vocabulary Review 1-4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Define ad lib
a)
a prejudice
b)
disagreeable
c)
to deliver spontaneously
d)
having two or more meanings
2.
What is the synonym for bowdlerize?
a)
grumpy
b)
censor
c)
indifference
d)
obvious
3.
What part of speech is augment?
a)
adverb
b)
adjective
c)
noun
d)
verb
4.
What word means "a frankness of expression"?
a)
candor
b)
capricious
c)
conspicuous
d)
cantankerous
5.
What is the synonym for ameliorate?
a)
appease
b)
whimsical
c)
carefree
d)
improve
6.
What word means "sticking together"?
a)
bowdlerize
b)
aloof
c)
discern
d)
coherent
7.
What is the part of speech for blithe?
a)
adjective
b)
adverb
c)
verb
d)
noun
8.
Define apathy.
a)
to ease or satisfy
b)
a lack of feeling or concern
c)
easily detected
d)
a prejudice
9.
What is the synonym for cantankerous?
a)
vague
b)
sincerity
c)
grumpy
d)
obvious
10.
Define augment.
a)
to deliver spontaneously
b)
to make better or tolerable
c)
to make greater in size
d)
arbitrary or impulsive
11.
What is the synonym for assuage?
a)
preference
b)
logical
c)
appease
d)
improve
12.
What is the part of speech for conspicuous?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adverb
d)
adjective
13.
Define coherent.
a)
sticking together
b)
cheerful
c)
distant or removed
d)
to see or understand clearly
14.
What word means "a prejudice"?
a)
apathy
b)
ad lib
c)
cantankerous
d)
bias
15.
What is the synonym for apathy?
a)
obvious
b)
vague
c)
indifference
d)
distinguish
16.
What is the part of speech for aloof?
a)
adjective
b)
noun
c)
pronoun
d)
verb
17.
What word means "cheerful"?
a)
ameliorate
b)
candor
c)
blithe
d)
discern
18.
What is the synonym for capricious?
a)
whimsical
b)
censor
c)
appease
d)
vague
19.
Define assuage.
a)
to delete offensive material
b)
to ease or satisfy
c)
a frankness of expression
d)
to deliver spontaneously
20.
What is the part of speech for bowdlerize?
a)
adverb
b)
pronoun
c)
verb
d)
noun