WorksheetsEnglish 10 Vocab Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is this person doing?
a)
Coverting
b)
Cavorting
c)
Nattering
d)
Forestalled
2.
I became pretty _________________ at the end of the school year and my grades started dropping at an alarming rate.
a)
drab
b)
iridescent
c)
pious
d)
lackadaisical
3.
What is the definition of the word "beseech"?
a)
To be a seech.
b)
To hope desperately for something to happen.
c)
To plead desperately for something to happen.
d)
To beg and then give up because something will never happen.
4.
The following place could be described as:
a)
lackadaisical
b)
covert
c)
curt
d)
drab
5.
What does it mean to natter?
a)
to talk about unimportant matters
b)
to mess up one's hair
c)
to mess up one's neighbor's hair
d)
to nit-pick someone else's ideas
6.
I looked at him and his __________ told me clearly that he was unhappy (it was clear in downturn at the corners of his mouth and his furrowed brow).
a)
purge
b)
visage
c)
raimet
d)
foil
7.
What is a facade?
a)
A deceptive, outward appearance that hides the truth beneath.
b)
A really disturbing mask designed to terrify young children.
c)
A truthful countenance designed to influence those around oneself.
d)
a person's face- form, appearance or expression.
8.
Which of the following situations might require a PURGE after its completion?
a)
A really emotional, difficult experience.
b)
A healthy, nutritious, filling meal.
c)
A pleasant chat with friends.
d)
A quiet, relaxing morning.
9.
PIOUS belongs to what part of speech?
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Adverb
10.
After I got glasses, my vision achieved a wonderful ___________. The world was no longer a blur for me!
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Lucidity
c)
Torpor
d)
Dogmatism
11.
This picture is a perfect example of which word?
a)
Torpor
b)
Lucidity
c)
Quell
d)
Monologue
12.
Before you leave for school, you probably changed out of your pajamas into a __________ more appropriate for daytime activities.
a)
facade
b)
visage
c)
guffaw
d)
raimet
13.
Bahahahahaha!
a)
elision
b)
pious
c)
guffaw
d)
quell
14.
Many people would describe this family photograph as _______.
a)
Gauche
b)
Drab
c)
Iridescent
d)
Pious
15.
What does florid mean?
a)
Possessing flowers in one's hair
b)
Possessing a red or flushed face
c)
luminous
d)
sealed airtight/cannot be influenced
16.
Mrs. Aerni loves to make lists and then __________ those items off her list as she completes them.
a)
forestall
b)
beseech
c)
guffaw
d)
expunge
17.
The definition of dogmatism is:
a)
The habitual mating characteristic of dogs.
b)
the feeling of being dogged to get a task accomplished.
c)
The stubborn belief in one's opinion regardless of fact.
d)
The graceful acceptance of other's opinions and beliefs.
18.
Ophelia's death in Hamlet is an example of ___________.
a)
A soliloquy.
b)
A foil.
c)
elision
d)
an aside.
19.
The word ASIDE belongs to what part of speech?
a)
Noun
b)
Verb
c)
Adjective
d)
Adverb
20.
I asked her how she was doing today and she replied, "Fine" ________ and it made me think she might be angry with me.
a)
heremetically
b)
curtely
c)
plaintively
d)
iridescently
21.
What is one definition of the word "hermetically"?
a)
Something that has been sealed from the influence of the outside world.
b)
A person who chooses to live a life away from society.
c)
Desperately or hopelessly pleading
d)
secretively or stealthily
22.
a)
Gauche
b)
Covert
c)
Plaintive
d)
Florid
23.
I have to keep forcing myself to ___________ my desire for torpor so I can finish the school year successfully.
a)
quell
b)
beseech
c)
guffaw
d)
natter
24.
a)
Pious
b)
Curt
c)
Gauche
d)
Facade
25.
The surface of the lake was ___________ in the sunlight.
a)
florid
b)
gauche
c)
pious
d)
iridescent
26.
Forstalled belongs to which TWO parts of speech?
a)
noun/adjective
b)
noun/verb
c)
verb/adjective
27.
Hamlet's "To be or not to be" is an example of a(n) _____________.
a)
soliloquy
b)
aside
c)
foil
d)
visage
28.
What is the definition of the word PLAINTIVE?
a)
Describing an object that moves through the air like a plane
b)
Describing a person who is pathetic and woebegone
c)
Describing a surface that has been planed and is smooth
29.
If you clean your room ______________, chances are likely that you didn't do a very good job.
a)
hermetically
b)
perfunctorily
c)
gauchely
d)
covertly
30.
a)
Raimet
b)
Visage
c)
Soliloquy
d)
Guffaw
31.
What is an ANTONYM for the word curt?
a)
brief
b)
expansive
c)
pleading
d)
hopeful
32.
What part of speech does the word EXPUNGE belong to?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
33.
This room could be described as ____________.
a)
Covert
b)
Plaintive
c)
Florid
d)
Pious
34.
My __________ about the situation allowed me to make a clear and logical decision rather than one based on emotion and reaction.
a)
torpor
b)
facade
c)
foil
d)
lucidity
35.
a)
Guffaw
b)
Beseech
c)
Quell
d)
Purge
36.
The word CURT belongs to what part of speech?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
37.
Polonius spoke a lot of ___________ in the play Hamlet.
a)
Soliloquys
b)
Asides
c)
Facades
d)
Foils
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