WorksheetsSenior Vocabulary Lists 1-4
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When deciding between two colleges, it's a good idea to ____________ the selling points of them.
a)
juxtapose
b)
altercate
c)
preempt
d)
importune
2.
If you have _______________, it might be easier to concentrate and study
a)
anarchy
b)
conducive
c)
potentate
d)
quiescence
3.
A real _______ in his field, Steve Jobs turned Apple into a multi-billion dollar company that produced devices everyone wanted.
a)
potentate
b)
juggernaut
c)
oligarch
d)
myrmidon
4.
The ________ of my terrible day was the moment I opened my chocolate milk to find it had curdled into cheese.
a)
epitome
b)
malapropism
c)
renunciation
d)
traduce
5.
It's never a good idea to engage in _________ with a _________. Most likely, you will find yourself in his/her prison.
a)
a renunciation...puissant
b)
an altercation...potentate
c)
a cataclysm...oligarchy
d)
hegemony... pecuniary
6.
Bill made the ______ decision to ______ his ex-girlfriend on social media to ruin her reputation. What a jerk.
a)
lucullan...preempt
b)
pecuniary...importune
c)
opportunist...epithet
d)
egregious...traduce
7.
The start-up vinyl record company is searching for people with ________ who can find ways to smartly tap into the Millenials' _______ interest in old-school music appreciation.
a)
opportunism... potentate
b)
verity...opportunist
c)
oligarchy...quiescent
d)
acumen...renascent
8.
When the bumbling politician used _______ and referred to China's "hedgehog money" over the East, we laughed but knew he meant _________, or " _______ dominance."
a)
anarchy...eponymous...juggernaut
b)
a malapropism...hegemony...pecuniary
c)
an epithet...oligarchy...puissant
d)
an altercation...verisimilitude...importune
9.
Speaking with ______, I can tell you that you are absolutely my favorite person... so will you please invite me to that lavish, ________ dinner I hear you are hosting?
a)
verisimilitude... peremptory
b)
verity... Lucullan
c)
traducement... preemptive
d)
egregiousness... eponymous
10.
After a series of ________ events, ranging from a late-season hurricane to an unexpected invasion by termites, it was no longer in the family's _________ interest to keep their small hotel open.
a)
meretricious... opportunist
b)
cataclysmic...pecuniary
c)
quiescent...puissant
d)
peremptory...preemptive
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