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WorksheetsSemester 1 Word List
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does espouse mean
a)
To endanger
b)
to put down
c)
to support
d)
to hope
2.
What is the definition of Odious (Adj) ?
a)
Pleasent
b)
Radical
c)
repulsive
d)
Cool
3.
The descendants of one's self is called the
a)
Egotistic
b)
Bad Religion
c)
Zanahorias
d)
Posterity
4.
To go beyond a boundary; to break a rule
a)
carping
b)
traverse
c)
transgress
d)
lackluster
5.
What is a synonym for lithe?
a)
clumsy
b)
graceful
c)
inelegant
d)
stiff
6.
What is the meaning of saccharine?
a)
sweet
b)
salty
c)
appalling
d)
repulsive
7.
In which sentence is "aloof" used correctly?
a)
He reacted to the party drama with aloofness.
b)
He showed so much excitement about the good test score by being aloof.
c)
Mrs. Jamieson is aloof about grammar.
d)
The shirt was aloof in color.
8.
What word means to travel across something?
a)
transgress
b)
tenuous
c)
traverse
d)
hone
9.
Being of too much importance to be interfered with, especially in a religious context
a)
prosaic
b)
sacrosanct
c)
clandestine
d)
poignant
10.
Choose the correct word for the definition: Feeling extremely infurriated or irritated.
a)
Serene
b)
Livid
c)
Ecstatic
d)
Content
11.
What is a synonym for opaque?
a)
Transparent
b)
clear
c)
cloudy
d)
ugly
12.
Will you stop using all those __ cliches?
a)
lithe
b)
aloof
c)
trite
d)
dumb
13.
Which word means overly sentimental?
a)
Maudlin
b)
Modeling
c)
Morose
d)
Magnanimous
14.
Which would you consider to be lackluster?
a)
A dull, boring stick
b)
A stick you have never seen before
c)
A cool looking stick
d)
Mrs. Jamieson's journal of cool encounters with sticks
15.
What is the meaning of temper
a)
to be angry
b)
an objects strength
c)
an attitude
d)
to increase in strength
16.
Which is correctly using the word hedonism?
a)
The man spoiled his children so much you might call it hedonism
b)
The women were showing hedonism through helping in the soup kitchens
c)
The man spent all his earnings on himself. This is an act of hedonism
d)
The man was showed such hedonism that he gave all the money he earned that day to the homeless.
17.
What is the meaning of bolster?
a)
to support
b)
a pillow
c)
to remove
d)
happy
18.
Which situation would a reasonable, mature teen most lament?
a)
Failing to write an essay.
b)
Your crush agreeing to go out with you.
c)
Dropping a delicious sandwich to the ground.
d)
Acing a test
19.
What does curtail mean?
a)
To cut short
b)
To extend a deadline
c)
having an abrupt way of speaking
d)
being polite
20.
What does epicure mean?
a)
a cure for a deadly disease
b)
a person who hates food
c)
a person who loves to eat and drink
d)
a complicated way of devouring cake
21.
What would most likey be described as tenuous?
a)
An escape rope made of chains
b)
An escape rope made of cloth
c)
An escape rope made of melted down toothbrushes
d)
An escape rope made of toilet paper
22.
What does boorish mean?
a)
kind
b)
rude
c)
polite
d)
refined
23.
What is the definition of brusque?
a)
abrupt
b)
on time
c)
present
d)
good mannered
24.
To sharpen or improve a skill is to?
a)
Goad
b)
Curtail
c)
Hone
d)
Espouse
25.
What does labyrinth mean?
a)
a complex structure in the inner ear
b)
an organ of intricate structure
c)
a network of interconnecting burrows
d)
a complicated irregular network of passages
26.
What is the antonym of reprehensible?
a)
disgreaceful
b)
repungnant
c)
praiseworthy
d)
deplorable
27.
What is a word for being reasonable?
a)
Blatant
b)
Plausible
c)
Reprehensible
d)
Blithe
28.
What is the definition of "reprieve"?
a)
to envelope completley
b)
to postpone a punishment
c)
to mourn
d)
to do in a rude manner
29.
What means to cover completely?
a)
lackluster
b)
bristle
c)
enshroud
d)
pontificate
30.
What is the definition of tedium"?
a)
Pleasant
b)
Miriad of small details
c)
Interesting
d)
Facile
31.
What is a synonym for plethora?
a)
Very small amount
b)
A storm
c)
Overabundance
d)
A drought
32.
Which word means happy or joyous?
a)
trite
b)
blithe
c)
lackluster
d)
tedium
33.
What word best describes "adulation" (n.)?
a)
Envied
b)
Hated
c)
Admired
d)
Loved
34.
What word means "to react defensively"
a)
Vilify
b)
debunk
c)
pontificate
d)
bristle
35.
To praise highly
a)
reprieve
b)
laud
c)
enshroud
d)
tome
36.
A large scholarly book.
a)
Labyrinth
b)
Trite
c)
Tome
d)
Laud
37.
What is the definition for maudlin?
a)
sentimental
b)
happy
c)
sad
d)
emotional
38.
What does Orthodox mean?
a)
Conforming to tradition
b)
Changing yourself
c)
To have already seen
d)
A parallel world
39.
What is the meaning of "ostentatious"?
a)
to make difficult
b)
to attract
c)
to enter with caution
d)
to be frightened
40.
What word is a synonym for petulance?
a)
happiness
b)
grouchiness
c)
joy
d)
fright
41.
What is the meaning of pittance?
a)
small amount
b)
tiring
c)
generous donations
d)
excessive amount
42.
To show the falseness or hollowness of
a)
pontificate
b)
debunk
c)
bristle
d)
hone
43.
clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
a)
Reticent
b)
Frivolity
c)
Dogmatic
d)
Adroit
44.
What is the definition of pontificate?
a)
to officiate a marriage as a civil ceremony
b)
to express one's views in an arrogant manner
c)
to teach a lecture
d)
to make fun of
45.
What is the definition of decorum?
a)
etiquette
b)
rudeness
c)
impropriety
d)
indecency
46.
What is the definition of presumptuous?
a)
Failing to observe the limits of what is allowed
b)
To hold or support
c)
A maze full of large passageways
d)
Conforming to tradition
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