WorksheetsVocab 10 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care
a)
squalid
b)
bovine
c)
irascible
d)
pinion
2.
Our football team's left defensive end has gained XXXX around the conference for his dirty play.
a)
squalid
b)
notoriety
c)
spurious
d)
pinion
3.
It is only in recent years that social scientists have come to understand that many people laboring in competitive industries are under career XXXX.
a)
duress
b)
divine
c)
spurious
d)
squalid
4.
An expert was called in to examine the antiques for XXXX.
a)
spuriousness
b)
squalidness
c)
divinity
d)
irascible
5.
of, relating to, or resembling an animal such as an ox, cow or buffalo, solid, dull
a)
duress
b)
bovine
c)
annals
d)
spurious
6.
The XXXX of history should teach us how to avoid war.
a)
annals
b)
spuriousness
c)
irascible
d)
pinion
7.
to bind the wings so as not to fly; to confine
a)
martyr
b)
pinion
c)
spurious
d)
irascible
8.
someone willing to sacrifice and even give his/her life for a cause; also one who pretends suffering to gain sympathy.
a)
squalid
b)
divine
c)
irascible
d)
martyr
9.
The XXXX features of the man scared the children.
a)
bovine
b)
irascible
c)
spurious
d)
martyr
10.
Jack was a XXXX to his job; he worked seven days a week and rarely took a day off.
a)
martyr
b)
irascible
c)
squalid
d)
duress
11.
Upton Sinclair wrote about the XXXX life of the meat packers in Chicago during the early 1900s.
a)
squalid
b)
irascible
c)
spurious
d)
pinion
12.
not genuine; false
a)
spurious
b)
squalid
c)
irascible
d)
pinion
13.
descriptive record, history
a)
notoriety
b)
annals
c)
duress
d)
pinion
14.
Joan of Arc was undoubtedly the most famous XXXX in modern history, burned at the stake because she refused to go against her beliefs.
a)
bovine
b)
pinion
c)
martyr
d)
annals
15.
The crew was under XXXX after drifting for three days in a rubber raft with no food or water.
a)
annals
b)
irascible
c)
duress
d)
spurious
16.
ill fame (being known widely and unfavorably)
a)
squalid
b)
duress
c)
notoriety
d)
divine
17.
hardship, restraint, confinement
a)
martyr
b)
duress
c)
divine
d)
pinion
18.
to foretell a prophecy; to infer, to guess
a)
divine
b)
irascible
c)
pinion
d)
spurious
19.
In order to transport the large bird, the zoo keeper XXXX its wings with soft straps.
a)
pinioned
b)
martyred
c)
irascible
d)
squalid
20.
The student gained XXXX on campus for cheating on her final exams.
a)
duress
b)
martyr
c)
spurious
d)
notoriety
21.
When you have been a policeman for years, you can almost XXXX when your prisoner is telling the truth as opposed to lying.
a)
squalid
b)
duress
c)
divine
d)
pinion
22.
easily angered, irritable
a)
squalid
b)
duress
c)
irascible
d)
divine
23.
Stockbrokers make their living helping their clients XXXX when to buy and when to sell stocks.
a)
annals
b)
notoriety
c)
squalid
d)
divine
24.
Sue came to the party and sat in the corner reading a book as she XXXX ignored all the guests.
a)
bovinely
b)
irascibly
c)
duress
d)
squalid
25.
The politician made XXXX claims about his opponent's views of labor reform.
a)
squalid
b)
spurious
c)
notoriety
d)
divine
26.
Uncle Time was a real grouch; even on his birthday he would find a way to become as XXXX as a spoiled child.
a)
irascible
b)
annals
c)
divine
d)
pinion
27.
Books having to do with the history of something are often referred to as XXXX.
a)
irascible
b)
pinion
c)
annals
d)
spurious
28.
The school principal became so XXXX even his teachers avoided speaking to him.
a)
divine
b)
notoriety
c)
squalid
d)
irascible
29.
The house was completely run down; it was amazing how someone could live in such XXXX conditions.
a)
divine
b)
spurious
c)
irascible
d)
squalid
30.
Jake had XXXX John to the wall before someone could stop the altercation.
a)
irascible
b)
divine
c)
duress
d)
pinioned
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