WorksheetsPowerPlus 11.4 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
a)
adventitious
b)
parochial
c)
fortuitous
d)
celibate
2.
Best; most favorable; ideal
a)
optimum
b)
perfunctory
c)
baroque
d)
imperative
3.
Happening by chance or accident
a)
sacrosanct
b)
sadistic
c)
fortuitous
d)
facetious
4.
Comical; jocular; flippant
a)
optimum
b)
facetious
c)
perfunctory
d)
celibate
5.
To overwhelm; to surround and attack
a)
recapitulate
b)
besmirch
c)
besiege
d)
impale
6.
To summarize; to repeat briefly
a)
recapitulate
b)
impale
c)
obfuscate
d)
besmirch
7.
Overly decorated
a)
quasi-
b)
baroque
c)
imperative
d)
sacrosanct
8.
Pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
a)
hedonism
b)
debacle
c)
obloquy
d)
cataclycm
9.
A correction
a)
cataclysm
b)
nihilism
c)
emendation
d)
shard
10.
Strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism
a)
impediment
b)
bauble
c)
chagrin
d)
obloquy
11.
Resembling; seeming; hald
a)
impotent
b)
opulent
c)
quasi-
d)
amorphous
12.
A total rejection of established laws
a)
nihilism
b)
carrion
c)
aegis
d)
philanthropy
13.
To make dirty; to stain
a)
besmirch
b)
rectify
c)
besiege
d)
deviate
14.
Extremely necessary; vitally important
a)
fecund
b)
parochial
c)
imperative
d)
optimum
15.
Extremely holy
a)
sacrosanct
b)
optimum
c)
fervent
d)
ignoble
16.
A violent change
a)
philanthropy
b)
cataclysm
c)
antithesis
d)
maelstrom
17.
A complete failure; a total collapse
a)
maelstrom
b)
debacle
c)
labyrinth
d)
impediment
18.
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
a)
effete
b)
sadistic
c)
bland
d)
adventitious
19.
Behavior; manner of conducting oneself
a)
cataclysm
b)
hedonism
c)
demeanor
d)
obloquy
20.
Done without care; in a routine fashion
a)
quasi-
b)
imperative
c)
perfunctory
d)
facetious
21.
When the family heard on the news that the hurricane was headed directly toward their town, they knew that it was ______ to leave.
a)
sadistic
b)
facetious
c)
imperative
d)
perfunctory
22.
Other students were often put off by Tony's abrasive ________.
(abrasive means to show little concern for the feelings of others)
(abrasive means to show little concern for the feelings of others)
a)
obloquy
b)
hedonism
c)
demeanor
d)
chagrin
23.
Although Lily tried to _____ Jack's reputation with a terrible rumor, no one believed her.
a)
recapitulate
b)
impale
c)
besmirch
d)
edify
24.
Everyone knew that Carl's lunch break was ______ and that bothering him during that time would cause him to be angry for the rest of the afternoon.
a)
sacrosanct
b)
sadistic
c)
perfunctory
d)
fortuitous
25.
The construction of the new bridge turned into a(n) ______ when the project ran out of money before it was half-completed.
a)
obloquy
b)
debacle
c)
demeanor
d)
cataclysm
26.
Choose the antonym for the following word:
Obloquy
Obloquy
a)
praise
b)
rebuke
c)
attentive
d)
triumph
27.
Choose the antonym for the following word:
Fortuitous
Fortuitous
a)
cleanse
b)
accidental
c)
simple
d)
intentional
28.
Choose the antonym for the following word:
Baroque
Baroque
a)
offhand
b)
ornate
c)
humane
d)
simple
29.
Choose the antonym for the following word:
Sadistic
Sadistic
a)
humane
b)
rebuke
c)
serious
d)
perverse
30.
Choose the antonym for the following word:
Facetious
Facetious
a)
ornate
b)
accidental
c)
joking
d)
serious
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