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WorksheetsACT Vocab L7
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
to stare angrily
a)
eschew
b)
glower
c)
besmirch
d)
gloat
2.
strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticusm
a)
quandary
b)
dichotomy
c)
obloquy
d)
quiddity
3.
to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.
a)
bowdlerize
b)
ferret
c)
extenuate
d)
rationalize
4.
an expression of praise
a)
altruism
b)
deference
c)
panegyric
d)
peccadillo
5.
to read carefully; scrutinize
a)
edify
b)
eschew
c)
ferret
d)
peruse
6.
skillful; clever
a)
rakish
b)
sedulous
c)
adroit
d)
callow
7.
visible to the naked eye
a)
microscopic
b)
glower
c)
macroscopic
d)
laconic
8.
foolish; inane
a)
ferret
b)
ephemeral
c)
sedulous
d)
fatuous
9.
pertaining to cows or cattle
a)
bestial
b)
bona fide
c)
parochial
d)
bovine
10.
to search or drive out
a)
ferret
b)
fatuous
c)
enervate
d)
knell
11.
a phony attitude; pose
a)
panegyric
b)
affectation
c)
quiddity
d)
emendation
12.
a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral
a)
quandary
b)
peccadillo
c)
bedlam
d)
knell
13.
a division into two parts
a)
imprecation
b)
dichotomy
c)
cataclysm
d)
antithesis
14.
young and inexperienced
a)
ignoble
b)
pedantic
c)
callow
d)
fecund
15.
using few words; short; concise
a)
imminent
b)
laconic
c)
sedulous
d)
callow
16.
an essential quality
a)
obloquy
b)
peccadillo
c)
quiddity
d)
chagrin
17.
evident or obvious
a)
patent
b)
ferret
c)
bestial
d)
banal
18.
a minor offense; a misdeed
a)
debacle
b)
peccadillo
c)
non sequitur
d)
dichotomy
19.
wise; having keen perception and sound judgment
a)
laconic
b)
ephemeral
c)
sedulous
d)
sagacious
20.
to make an excuse for
a)
importune
b)
enervate
c)
recapitulate
d)
rationalize
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