WorksheetsSadlier Level E Vocabulary Unit 14
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
talkative, wordy
a)
loquacious
b)
elucidate
c)
bellicose
d)
vivacious
2.
cheerful readiness; brisk and eager action
a)
rescind
b)
mandatory
c)
loquacious
d)
alacrity
3.
to relieve, make more bearable
a)
mandatory
b)
appall
c)
alleviate
d)
edict
4.
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
a)
laud
b)
antithesis
c)
magnanimous
d)
rescind
5.
to fill with dismay or horror
a)
appall
b)
antithesis
c)
phlegmatic
d)
whet
6.
warlike, quarrelsome
a)
antithesis
b)
edict
c)
bellicose
d)
laud
7.
to belittle, to undervalue
a)
dissonant
b)
disparage
c)
droll
d)
rescind
8.
not in harmony; disagreeing
a)
droll
b)
alacrity
c)
loquacious
d)
dissonant
9.
amusingly odd, humorous
a)
edict
b)
droll
c)
loll
d)
magnanimous
10.
an order issued by someone in authority
a)
mandatory
b)
nondescript
c)
edict
d)
alleviate
11.
to clarify; explain
a)
elucidate
b)
appall
c)
alleviate
d)
laud
12.
to praise
a)
laud
b)
loll
c)
vivacious
d)
nondescript
13.
to act in a lazy manner; to recline
a)
laud
b)
appall
c)
loll
d)
phlegmatic
14.
generous in forgiving
a)
magnanimous
b)
bellicose
c)
loquacious
d)
alacrity
15.
required
a)
nondescript
b)
mandatory
c)
disparage
d)
edict
16.
ordinary, not outstanding
a)
nondescript
b)
phlegmatic
c)
alleviate
d)
droll
17.
slow-moving, sluggish
a)
phlegmatic
b)
vivacious
c)
whet
d)
rescind
18.
to repeal or cancel
a)
appall
b)
alacrity
c)
rescind
d)
mandatory
19.
lively, full of energy
a)
vivacious
b)
alacrity
c)
phlegmatic
d)
whet
20.
to sharpen; to make keen or eager
a)
whet
b)
antithesis
c)
laud
d)
droll
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