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9.4 English Vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
to emphasize
a)
dally
b)
deliberate
c)
delude
d)
accentuate
2.
made up of separate parts
a)
composite
b)
denizen
c)
laggard
d)
egalitarian
3.
able to be passed or traversed, especially for ships
a)
ambidextrous
b)
felonious
c)
navigable
d)
lackadaisical
4.
no longer used or useful; very old
a)
licentious
b)
antiquated
c)
demented
d)
belated
5.
a maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
a)
blight
b)
denizen
c)
laggard
d)
gambit
6.
to please
a)
gratify
b)
accentuate
c)
transcribe
d)
delude
7.
the attainment or completion of something desired
a)
gambit
b)
fruitition
c)
insurrection
d)
prose
8.
ordinary writing or speech, other than poetry or music
a)
prose
b)
renaissance
c)
forum
d)
thesis
9.
obligated loyalty or faithfulness
a)
fealty
b)
gambit
c)
blight
d)
denizen
10.
to injure by beating and rough treatment
a)
obtrude
b)
parry
c)
enshroud
d)
maul
11.
to escape notice; to get away from
a)
accentuate
b)
entice
c)
elude
d)
delude
12.
inactive; unproductive
a)
berserk
b)
fallow
c)
ostentatious
d)
pensive
13.
a slow person, especially one who falls behind
a)
numismatist
b)
ruffian
c)
caricature
d)
laggard
14.
anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
a)
renaissance
b)
blight
c)
edifice
d)
insurrection
15.
believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate
a)
belated
b)
fatalistic
c)
fallow
d)
demented
16.
a funeral rite or ceremony
a)
opiate
b)
forum
c)
edifice
d)
obsequy
17.
to write out or copy information, usually by hand
a)
accentuate
b)
elude
c)
transcribe
d)
transpire
18.
to work dough or clay into a uniform mixture
a)
alienate
b)
parry
c)
dally
d)
knead
19.
an occupant; an inhabitant
a)
edifice
b)
gambit
c)
obsequy
d)
denizen
20.
to attract by offering reward or pleasure
a)
alienate
b)
entice
c)
enshroud
d)
amalgamate
21.
Mary found it helpful to _____ all of her old notes the night before a test.
a)
elude
b)
transcribe
c)
gratify
d)
entice
22.
The captain of the ship decided to delay the voyage until after the storm passed, when the sea would be more __________.
a)
fallow
b)
navigable
c)
egalitarian
d)
ostentatious
23.
The ________ necklace that she liked in the jewelry store was made of three different types of precious metal.
a)
composite
b)
fruition
c)
obsequy
d)
gambit
24.
The spring flood was a terrible ___________ on the farmer’s crop growth.
a)
obsequy
b)
blight
c)
fruition
d)
denizen
25.
The mother would often ______ her child with the reward of dessert if he ate all of his vegetables.
a)
transcribe
b)
elude
c)
entice
d)
accentuate
26.
ANTONYM for accentuate
a)
emphasize
b)
minimize
c)
copy
d)
disregard
27.
ANTONYM for fruition
a)
issue
b)
loss
c)
solution
d)
settlement
28.
ANTONYM for fallow
a)
inactive
b)
productive
c)
deep
d)
shallow
29.
ANTONYM for denizen
a)
hideout
b)
occupant
c)
fortress
d)
emigrant
30.
ANTONYM for gratify
a)
take
b)
intrude
c)
displease
d)
block