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WorksheetsVocabulary Unit 8
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I need a ____________ of 10 hours of sleep every night.
a)
minimum
b)
crotchety
c)
jovial
d)
innovation
2.
n. wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
a)
manacle
b)
affluence
c)
cringe
d)
nimble
3.
syn: mock-up, stencil, guide, shape, mold
a)
retrieve
b)
partition
c)
sinister
d)
template
4.
The kidnappers clamped ____________ on their frightened hostages.
a)
jovial
b)
innovations
c)
manacles
d)
templates
5.
adj. cranky, ill-tempered, full of odd whims
a)
crotchety
b)
jovial
c)
immobile
d)
impassable
6.
syn: lively, keen, flexible
ant: awkward, clumsy, stiff, inflexible
ant: awkward, clumsy, stiff, inflexible
a)
arrears
b)
cringe
c)
nimble
d)
taut
7.
You must keep _______ foods chilled, or they will spoil.
a)
onset
b)
retrieve
c)
perishable
d)
sinister
8.
n. something that divides; the act of dividing something into parts or sections
a)
partition
b)
onset
c)
innovation
d)
arrears
9.
syn: plunge, rush, tumble
ant: dribble, drop, trickle, ooze
ant: dribble, drop, trickle, ooze
a)
cringe
b)
minimum
c)
cascade
d)
jovial
10.
Education, hard work, and a very strong desire to succeed can raise a person from poverty to _____________.
a)
cringe
b)
innovation
c)
martial
d)
affluence
11.
adj. warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army, or military life
a)
martial
b)
jovial
c)
onset
d)
taut
12.
syn: tight, strained, orderly, shipshape
ant: loose, slack, drooping, messy, sloppy
ant: loose, slack, drooping, messy, sloppy
a)
taut
b)
onset
c)
partition
d)
sinister
13.
A _______________ message left on our voicemail made us suspect the caller had the wrong number.
a)
cascade
b)
arrears
c)
onset
d)
sinister
14.
n. unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty
a)
manacle
b)
arrears
c)
martial
d)
nimble
15.
syn: flinch, duck, fawn
ant: strut, swagger
ant: strut, swagger
a)
jovial
b)
crotchety
c)
immobile
d)
cringe
16.
Fallen trees formed an __________ barrier across the highway after the storm.
a)
impassable
b)
immobile
c)
manacle
d)
minimum
17.
adj. not movable; not moving
a)
impassable
b)
immobile
c)
jovial
d)
taut
18.
syn: novelty, modernization, new wrinkle
a)
manacle
b)
cascade
c)
innovation
d)
affluence
19.
My ____________ friend is very entertaining and is always the life of the party.
a)
nimble
b)
crotchety
c)
jovial
d)
impassable
20.
n. the beginning, start; an attack, assult
a)
partition
b)
perishable
c)
taut
d)
onset
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