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WorksheetsMacbeth Vocabulary Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
__ punishment, used in the right situation and with the right amount of force, can be a useful tool for disciplining children.
a)
corporal
b)
palpable
c)
wayward
2.
Sailors believed that sirens __ed them through an irresistible song, luring them to their deaths on rocky outcroppings.
a)
appease
b)
beguile
c)
cloister
3.
After __ing all night, Dan found it very difficult to get up the next morning and go to work.
a)
carouse
b)
mar
c)
upbraid
4.
The __ed child slunk up to her room, vowing never to be so stupid again.
a)
appease
b)
chastise
c)
dwindle
5.
The once-treasured bracelet was now nothing but a __, an unimportant leftover from a failed relationship.
a)
lechery
b)
malice
c)
trifle
6.
Katrina’s terror was __; it was easy to see something horrible had just happened.
a)
avaricious
b)
palpable
c)
pristine
7.
The __ed halls of Oxford and Cambridge have produced some of the finest minds in the world.
a)
cloister
b)
dwindle
c)
mar
8.
Among the knights of the Round Table, Galahad stood alone as the __ of nobility and selflessness.
a)
beguilement
b)
fury
c)
nonpareil
9.
In many families, the youngest child is the most __ of all the siblings, taking a roundabout way to adulthood and responsibility.
a)
avaricious
b)
murky
c)
wayward
10.
The __ little boy had no friends, but never did understand it was because he was unwilling to ever share.
a)
avaricious
b)
desolate
c)
palpable
11.
Child molesters seem to have an inborn __ they cannot resist.
a)
fury
b)
lechery
c)
nonpareil
12.
To __ her parents’ worry about living by herself, Darla decided to install a security system.
a)
appease
b)
carouse
c)
upbraid
13.
Latrina never did respect her coach after he __ed her in front of everyone for something she didn’t even do.
a)
appease
b)
dwindle
c)
upbraid
14.
Erin felt unprepared to tackle her new job as a paralegal, so decided to __ her education by taking night courses.
a)
augment
b)
cloister
c)
upbraid
15.
While collecting awards is a wonderful achievement, it is even more __ to collect love and then share it.
a)
corporal
b)
laudable
c)
wayward
16.
With righteous __, the Indians massacred Custer and his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
a)
fury
b)
lechery
c)
trifle
17.
Nothing could __ the peacefulness of the quiet sunrise and beautiful scenery.
a)
chastise
b)
dwindle
c)
mar
18.
The __ staph infection quickly ravaged my uncle’s body; he lasted less than two months.
a)
diminutive
b)
laudable
c)
pernicious
19.
With his cash supply __ing rapidly, Paul knew he was going to have to find a job soon.
a)
appease
b)
dwindle
c)
upbraid
20.
True __ requires a total lack of scruples [morals]; most people, thank goodness, don’t have that capability.
a)
fury
b)
malice
c)
trifle
21.
Many people hypothesize that both Napoleon and Hitler, because of their __ size, overcompensated with their grandiose plans.
a)
diminutive
b)
murky
c)
sacrilegious
22.
While the desert might seem __, compared to the surface of the moon, it’s overflowing with life!
a)
corporal
b)
desolate
c)
pristine
23.
The __ burning of a church whose beliefs you don’t agree with is illegal, since the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
a)
corporal
b)
palpable
c)
sacrilegious
24.
In such a climate as exists in Washington, DC, it is difficult to plot a clear course because of the __ political scene.
a)
desolate
b)
murky
c)
sacrilegious
25.
Because of the __ condition of the Mickey Mantle baseball card, it brought in almost $500,000.
a)
cloistered
b)
pristine
c)
wayward
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