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Worksheetsvocabulary power plus book H lesson 6
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
to make more bearable; to ease
a)
ransack
b)
alleviate
c)
yearn
d)
assuage
2.
*filthy and miserable, as from poverty
a)
tentative
b)
squalid
c)
ludicrous
d)
conciliatory
3.
expecting only the worst or most negative outcome
a)
pessimistic
b)
tentative
c)
peevish
d)
incorrigible
4.
felt as though experienced first-hand
a)
esoteric
b)
menial
c)
implausible
d)
vicarious
5.
to make clear; to rid of confusion
a)
alleviate
b)
ransack
c)
illuminate
d)
assuage
6.
impressively great in power, size, or extent
a)
ludicrous
b)
conciliatory
c)
reticent
d)
prodigious
7.
a continuous emission of light fro a substance requiring neither heat nor sustained exposure to radiation
a)
slavo
b)
illuminate
c)
felicity
d)
phosphorescence
8.
a lessening or a decrease
a)
diminution
b)
trepidation
c)
legacy
d)
aberration
9.
a collection of short stories, poems, or plays
a)
anthology
b)
philistine
c)
volition
d)
diminution
10.
not definite or permanent
a)
celestial
b)
menial
c)
tentative
d)
esoteric
11.
tiny grains of sand or stone
a)
kiosk
b)
salvo
c)
grit
d)
muster
12.
overcoming distrust or hostility through friendliness
a)
ludicrous
b)
peevish
c)
conciliatory
d)
esoteric
13.
to rummage and steal
a)
grit
b)
taint
c)
ransack
d)
maim
14.
to suppress with threat or force
a)
alleviate
b)
yearn
c)
refurbish
d)
quash
15.
humorously absurd and nonsensical
a)
consiliatory
b)
ludicrous
c)
menial
d)
sporadic
16.
to desire intensely, sometimes with sadness
a)
yearn
b)
nostalgia
c)
alleviate
d)
ingratiate
17.
tedious and requiring little skill
a)
exuberant
b)
sporadic
c)
squalid
d)
menial
18.
understood by or meant for only a small group
a)
tentative
b)
esoteric
c)
perceptive
d)
blasphemous
19.
a conversation between two people
a)
allusion
b)
anthology
c)
legacy
d)
dialogue
20.
a simultaneous discharge of guns or cannons, or an outburst resembling such a discharge
a)
waif
b)
salvo
c)
wrath
d)
diminution
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