WorksheetsAnglo-Saxon
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
If you don’t get me a cheeseburger in the next five minutes, the fabric of society may be torn _______.
a)
asunder
b)
amiss
c)
aloof
2.
a)
ignominy
b)
appellation
c)
conflagration
d)
verity
3.
Germany was finally reunited, and battles in the Balkans _____________, Europe survived the end of the Cold War.
a)
beset
b)
withstanding
c)
notwithstanding
d)
belied
4.
The reenactment of the Wright Brothers' first flight went ______ when the wind died on the makeshift runway.
a)
asunder
b)
amiss
c)
besmirched
d)
belie
5.
a)
meddlesome
b)
bovine
c)
piscine
d)
mettlesome
6.
He's been ________ by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life.
a)
belied
b)
aloof
c)
beholden
d)
beset
7.
The ___________ actress' dance training is apparent in the way she moves on stage.
a)
winsome
b)
piscine
c)
bovine
d)
lissome
8.
The Man of Steel, with his muscles rippling under the "S" emblazoned on his costume, has superhuman strength and can easily be described as _________.
a)
virile
b)
vulpine
c)
asinine
d)
sanguine
9.
The person prom-posing here seems ______ about the answer.
a)
sanguine
b)
besmirch
c)
diabolical
d)
belie
10.
In a parliamentary system, a prime minister is elected by lawmakers and thus ____________ to them in ways a president is not.
a)
beset
b)
beholden
c)
besmirched
d)
belied
11.
a)
conflagration
b)
domicile
c)
avarice
d)
mirth
12.
The lawyer wanted to verify the ______ of her claims.
a)
verity
b)
veracity
13.
a)
expectorate
b)
execrate
c)
excoriate
d)
procreate
14.
I could see the twitching of his hands and the ____________ expression on his face; it was a keen sidelong look of a man planning something devious.
a)
bovine
b)
taurine
c)
vulpine
d)
piscine
15.
Martha Stewart remained __________during her insider trading trial. Every day, she glided into the courtroom flanked by bodyguards and rarely interacted with anyone but her lawyers.
a)
aloof
b)
beset
c)
beholden
d)
amiss
16.
a)
winsome
b)
lissome
c)
noisome
d)
asinine
17.
a)
masticate
b)
exocoriate
c)
expectorate
d)
appropriate
18.
Violence _______ violence, a relationship that’s abundantly clear in conflict zones.
a)
belies
b)
besmirches
c)
abridges
d)
begets
19.
The ___________ “The People’s Princess,” most frequently applied to her after her death, never seemed quite right.
a)
execration
b)
benediction
c)
appellation
d)
ignominy
20.
Congress is often criticized for its lack of __________; for instance, the DREAM Act was first proposed in 2001 and it still hasn't passed.
a)
verity
b)
mirth
c)
malediction
d)
celerity
21.
With a muttered _________ between his teeth, he rang the bell, and was ushered into the hall.
a)
avarice
b)
malediction
c)
conflagration
d)
domicile
22.
a)
hilarity
b)
mirth
c)
ignominy
d)
taurine
23.
But some pirates would not be taken in alive, and many of the most notorious __________ outlaws met bloody ends.
a)
bovine
b)
asinine
c)
vulpine
d)
piscine
24.
The country was repeatedly named as a ________ for offshore tax havens in last year’s Panama Papers investigation.
a)
diabolical
b)
appellation
c)
domicile
d)
benediction
25.
a)
scintillate
b)
assuage
c)
appropriate
d)
consecrate
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