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Vocab Lesson 5

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of the word
acrimonious?
a)
to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
b)
caustic
c)
lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, intrepid
d)
lasting a short period of time, fleeting
2.
What is the definition of the word
ameliorate?
a)
a serious event causing distress or misfortune
b)
to make better, to relieve, to improve
c)
savagery
d)
laziness
3.
What is the definition of the word
amenable?
a)
incapable of error
b)
to open or willing to follow advice or suggestion; tractable, malleable
c)
a reduce in dignity or quality
d)
to thrive, to grow well
4.
What is the definition of the word
amorphous?
a)
shapeless, having no definite form
b)
difficult to understand, mysterious
c)
arrogant, excessively proud and vain
d)
to erase, to wear away
5.
What is the definition of the word
buoyant?
a)
capable of floating; cheerful
b)
incapable of being entered or penetrated; not capable of being damaged
c)
slow, sluggish, listless, weak
d)
to make clear, to explain
6.
What is the definition of the word
cajole?
a)
desire to harm others
b)
lasting a short period of time, fleeting
c)
lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, intrepid
d)
to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
7.
What is the definition of the word
calamity?
a)
laziness
b)
slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
c)
savagery
d)
a serious event causing distress or misfortune
8.
What is the definition of the word
debase?
a)
to thrive, to grow well
b)
incapable of error
c)
wealth, affluence, abundance
d)
a reduce in dignity or quality
9.
What is the definition of the word
efface?
a)
to erase, to wear away
b)
arrogant, excessively proud and vain
c)
difficult to understand, mysterious
d)
slowing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
10.
What is the definition of the word
elucidate?
a)
acting routinely with little interest or care
b)
to make clear, to explain
c)
incapable of being entered or penetrated; not capable of being damaged
d)
slow, sluggish, listless, weak
11.
What is the definition of the word
ephemeral?
a)
lasting a short period of time, fleeting
b)
desire to harm others
c)
to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
d)
lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, intrepid
12.
What is the definition of the word
ferocity?
a)
to make better, to relieve, to improve
b)
caustic
c)
slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
d)
savagery
13.
What is the definition of the word
flourish?
a)
to thrive, to grow well
b)
to open or willing to follow advice or suggestion; tractable, malleable
c)
incapable of error
d)
wealth, affluence, abundance
14.
What is the definition of the word
haughty?
a)
slowing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
b)
arrogant, excessively proud and vain
c)
shapeless, having no definite form
d)
difficult to understand, mysterious
15.
What is the definition of the word
impervious?
a)
slow, sluggish, listless, weak
b)
acting routinely with little interest or care
c)
incapable of being entered or penetrated; not capable of being damaged
d)
capable of floating; cheerful
16.
What is the definition of the word
inane?
a)
lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, intrepid
b)
to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
c)
desire to harm others
d)
caustic
17.
What is the definition of the word
indolence?
a)
to make better, to relieve, to improve
b)
a serious event causing distress or misfortune
c)
laziness
d)
slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
18.
What is the definition of the word
infallible?
a)
wealth, affluence, abundance
b)
to open or willing to follow advice or suggestion; tractable, malleable
c)
a reduce in dignity or quality
d)
incapable of error
19.
What is the definition of the word
inscrutable?
a)
difficult to understand, mysterious
b)
slowing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
c)
shapeless, having no definite form
d)
to erase, to wear away
20.
What is the definition of the word
languid?
a)
capable of floating; cheerful
b)
slow, sluggish, listless, weak
c)
acting routinely with little interest or care
d)
to make clear, to explain
21.
What is the definition of the word
malice?
a)
caustic
b)
to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle
c)
lasting a short period of time, fleeting
d)
desire to harm others
22.
What is the definition of the word
oblique?
a)
slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading
b)
savagery
c)
a serious event causing distress or misfortune
d)
to make better, to relieve, to improve
23.
What is the definition of the word
opulence?
a)
a reduce in dignity or quality
b)
wealth, affluence, abundance
c)
to thrive, to grow well
d)
to open or willing to follow advice or suggestion; tractable, malleable
24.
What is the definition of the word
penitent?
a)
arrogant, excessively proud and vain
b)
to erase, to wear away
c)
slowing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
d)
shapeless, having no definite form
25.
What is the definition of the word
perfunctory?
a)
to make clear, to explain
b)
capable of floating; cheerful
c)
incapable of being entered or penetrated; not capable of being damaged
d)
acting routinely with little interest or care