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WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 3 Lesson 15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The European Anti-fraud Office, known by the French _____________________ OLAF, is responsible for combating fraud against the EU.
a)
acronym
b)
antonym
c)
nomination
d)
psuedonym
2.
In the violent controversy that ensued he wrote many pamphlets, often _____________________, and frequently not in the best of taste.
a)
synonymous
b)
nondenominational
c)
anonymous
d)
synonymous
3.
In the early nineties, Professor Cary Cooper of the Manchester University introduced presenteeism as the _____________________________ to absenteeism.
a)
antonym
b)
misnomer
c)
pseudonym
d)
synonym
4.
The position of the Franks in the Holy Land was not improved by the attack on Damascus; while the ______________________________ failure of a Crusade led by two kings brought the whole crusading movement into discredit in western Europe, and it was utterly in vain that Suger and St Bernard attempted to gather a fresh Crusade in 1150.
a)
anonymous
b)
misnomer
c)
nominal
d)
ignominious
5.
Hence scholars are now agreed that the term "Chaldee" is a ____________________, and that the dialect so called is really the language of the SouthWestern Arameans, who were the immediate neighbours of the Jews.
a)
pseudonym
b)
misnomer
c)
acronym
d)
antonym
6.
After the captivity and death of Valerian, Gallienus succeeded to a merely __________________________ rule in the East, and was too careless and self-indulgent to take any active measures to recover the lost provinces.
a)
nominal
b)
synonymous
c)
ignominious
d)
nondenominational
7.
With the approach of the presidential election of 1908, President Roosevelt reiterated his pledge not to accept another ___________________________________, and threw his immense influence in favour of Mr Taft.
a)
pseudonym
b)
misnomer
c)
acronym
d)
nomination
8.
The newer American organizations are, as in England, ______________________________ and " free-lance," especially the Christian and Missionary Alliance (1897), developed from the initial four.
a)
nondenominational
b)
synonymous
c)
anonymous
d)
nominal
9.
His literary capacity was early shown in the remarkable fiction of his Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton (1886) under the _________________________________ of "Christopher Carr," and his Poems (1893) and Lyrics (1895) established his reputation as a writer of verse.
a)
misnomer
b)
nomination
c)
pseudonym
d)
acronym
10.
His name at once became __________________________ with the highest pitch of pianoforte playing, and society was at his feet.
a)
synonymous
b)
anonymous
c)
pseudonym
d)
anonymous
11.
What two parts of speech must you have in order to craft a compete sentence?
a)
noun and verb
b)
subject and verb
c)
adverb and adjective
d)
preposition and object of the preposition
12.
He offered no ___________________________ information and she felt uncomfortable about asking.
a)
farther
b)
further
13.
People ______ down.
a)
lay
b)
lie
14.
Who is the author of the quote, "Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best?”
a)
St. Jerome
b)
Tim Duncan
c)
Tom Duncan
d)
An anonymous rapper
15.
If you have the magnetic word "raven" in your drawer full of magnetic words, which author's voice is being heard?
a)
Edgar Allen Poe
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Jane Austen
d)
Mark Twain
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