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Vocab review 12-20

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When kids are _____ from their home amber alerts.
a)
Abducted
b)
take
c)
returned
d)
Arbitrated
2.
The arguing people were unwilling to _____, because each wanted their own way.
a)
Comprimise
b)
Argue
c)
Abyss
d)
intervene
3.
It was almost the _____ of the movie; I was so excited, but then the electricity disconnected.
a)
Intrepid
b)
Climax
c)
Obsession 
d)
End
4.
She has not yet _____ the check, so I can't turn it into the bank.
a)
Aggred
b)
Mentored
c)
Endorsed
d)
Scanty
5.
The child, who had been in the hospital for half his life, had a _____ outlook on life.
a)
Exotic
b)
Zest
c)
Legendary
d)
Dismal
6.
Just then she saw someone _____in the shadows; the stranger was wearing all black, making the girl suspicious.
a)
Entrall
b)
Lurking
c)
Dancing 
d)
Texting and driving
7.
In Japan they had to proofread poetry _____ in pubic daily.
a)
Medley 
b)
Oblige
c)
Impromptu 
d)
Everyday
8.
Mike trout has great _____ in baseball, and both of my brothers got his autograph.
a)
Skill
b)
prowess
c)
Warble
d)
vocation
9.
The mother made her child stay in _____ to her, because they were at the store.
a)
near
b)
Wean
c)
proximity
d)
manuver
10.
They had to _____ the house, so the would be able to sell it for profit on flip or flop.
a)
Remove
b)
Ebb
c)
Reinsulate
d)
Replnish
11.
The robbed bank was not a _____ matter but was treated like one by the citizens, apparently this had happened every day.
a)
Significant
b)
Trifling
c)
Bounty
d)
Haggled
12.
The manager gave his _____ to add a new position as long as the person who took the job worked hard.
a)
Argument 
b)
Appointment
c)
 Dissuadance
d)
Assent
13.
The farmers all  _____the good techniques that their neighbor had, but didn't ask him to help them; they had no idea that he acctualy thought their ways were better.
a)
Hated
b)
Wanted
c)
Coveted
d)
Oppress
14.
The Warriors were a _____ opponent, because they won many games last season.
a)
Easy
b)
Bigot
c)
Deceased
d)
Formidable
15.
My dad had to go to Alabama for _____ bomb training, in order to become a bomb technician.
a)
Compulsory
b)
Forced
c)
Optional
d)
Unneeded
16.
The robber tried to _____ the cop who was trying to arrest him, because he stole the nacho machine from the gas station.
a)
Maul
b)
Save
c)
Kill
d)
Dispatch
17.
The results of her being hit by the car were _____, and put her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
a)
compeling
b)
detrimental
c)
great
d)
diverse
18.
Her parents showed _____ toward the fact that it was midnight, and she wasn't home yet.
a)
Happiness
b)
detriment
c)
apathy
d)
Fostered
19.
To feel or express sorrow or regret
a)
Sadness
b)
Compel
c)
Deplore
d)
Omen
20.
Remote or distant, ussually by choice; showing no intrest
a)
apathy
b)
careless
c)
commpassionate
d)
Aloof
21.
Faithful; true; strong 
a)
Hulk
b)
detriment
c)
Intrepid
d)
Staunch
22.
To refuse to support; to reject
a)
Argue
b)
Aggree
c)
Repudiate
d)
Delude
23.
To recede, fall back, or pull away
a)
Flow
b)
stuborn 
c)
Ebb
d)
Proficient
24.
To bring forth by magic; or if by magic 
a)
Enthral
b)
Push away
c)
Magic trick
d)
Conjure
25.
A person or thing that is similar to another
a)
twin
b)
counterpart
c)
Miss-matched
d)
Incredulous 
26.
A narrow body of water
a)
straight 
b)
strait
c)
Zest
d)
River
27.
Likely to change quickly for no obvious reason 
a)
Distraught
b)
Trifling
c)
capricious 
d)
Subtle
28.
Doubtful; skeptical
a)
canny
b)
Incredulous 
c)
scrupulous
d)
Preposterous
29.
Drawing undeserved attention or inappropriate attention to oneself; showy
a)
Bigot
b)
Pretentious
c)
Warble
d)
Ball hog
30.
To hold the attention of as if under a spell
a)
enthrall
b)
movie
c)
Boring
d)
arbitrate
31.
What is a synonym of the word repudiate?
a)
Agree
b)
Lke
c)
Refuse
d)
Scrupulous
32.
Which sentence uses arbitrate correctly?
a)
The shopping trip was settled or arbitrated.
b)
The argument was eventually arbitrated by the judge and jury.
33.
Which sentence correctly uses the word capricious?
a)
They say the weather in Texas is capricious.
b)
My sisters favorite color is always pink; it is capricious.
34.
What is a synonym of incredulous?
a)
Trust
b)
Doubtful
c)
True
d)
False
35.
Which is spelled correctly?
a)
incredulus
b)
arbitrate
c)
scrupulos
d)
Repuditate