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Big 'Ol Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
I escaped to the placid lake to calm myself down after my mom and my brother got in a horrific fight. 
The word placid most likely means:
a)
angry
b)
anxious
c)
peaceful
d)
happy
2.
Which word means to put off or postpone to a later time
a)
luxuriate
b)
defer
c)
facilitate 
d)
clarify
3.
Fill in the blank with the correct word:
As he languished in the hospital, his gunshot wound __________________ because the hospital did not have the technology to treat him. 
a)
shackled
b)
elaborated
c)
symbolism
d)
festered
4.
He was _________ in a tuxedo
a)
clad
b)
plunder
c)
facilitated
d)
luminous
5.
Which word means the study of the properties of moving air, and especially of the interaction between the air and solid bodies moving through it.
a)
hydroelectric
b)
luminosity
c)
amphibian
d)
aeordynamic
6.
Which word means an artificial light.
a)
lucid
b)
luiminary
c)
ambidexterous
d)
aeronautics
7.
Which word means to rob or pillage
a)
tycoon
b)
citadel
c)
plunder
d)
revenue
8.
If our goalie does not show up tomorrow, we will have to _______________ the game
a)
renown
b)
forfeit
c)
servile
d)
conservative
9.
The new recruits expressed ________ obedience to their superiors. 
a)
servile
b)
wage
c)
advocate
d)
forfeit
10.
A person who is ____________ is thoughtful and considerate. 
a)
luminous
b)
conscientious
c)
apathetic
d)
recurring
11.
The cop used the shackles to _______________ the robber. 
a)
excruciating
b)
languish
c)
authority
d)
apprehend
12.
Lightning was (recurring OR languishing) so often that it was like daylight in the middle of the night. 
a)
recurring
b)
languishing 
13.
Which of the following is a synonym of the word aloof
a)
distant
b)
devoted
c)
close by
d)
interested
14.
The school year _________________ in a big trip to the museum.
a)
culminated
b)
began
c)
subsided
d)
preposterous