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Second Semester Vocabulary

Total questions: 125

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
not intrinsically belonging; not forming a vital part; coming from outside
a)
hysterical
b)
coincide
c)
extraneous
d)
meandering
2.
the underlying base for an organization or system
a)
nostalgia
b)
gravity
c)
disdain
d)
infrastructure
3.
mark or characteristic of disgrace
a)
stigma
b)
spurn
c)
disdain
d)
cynic
4.
to pronounce distinctly
a)
coincide
b)
enunciate
c)
unorthodox
d)
extraneous
5.
in a watchful or alert manner; cautiously
a)
warily
b)
ambition
c)
decimated
d)
presumptuous
6.
a bittersweet longing for things, persons or situations of the past
a)
ambition
b)
striking
c)
nostalgia
d)
vivid
7.
in a manner not able to be heard
a)
inaudibly
b)
indifferent
c)
fitfully
d)
decimated
8.
seriousness; importance
a)
indifferent
b)
presumptuous
c)
stigma
d)
gravity
9.
without conscious awareness; unmindful
a)
vivid
b)
brood
c)
undeviating
d)
oblivious
10.
to occur at the same time
a)
coincide
b)
secede
c)
woo
d)
rear
11.
a desire to achieve a particular end
a)
marvel
b)
wane
c)
scorn
d)
ambition
12.
impressive; attractive
a)
striking
b)
woo
c)
wane
d)
marvel
13.
irregularly; in stops and starts
a)
meandering
b)
fitfully
c)
hysterical
d)
sear
14.
to reject with contempt; to scorn
a)
wane
b)
scorn
c)
secede
d)
spurn
15.
to look down on; to scorn
a)
scorn
b)
disdain
c)
rear
d)
implementation
16.
having no marked feeling for or against
a)
nostalgia
b)
brood
c)
oblivious
d)
indifferent
17.
perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant
a)
vivid
b)
downy
c)
hysterical
d)
wane
18.
to focus the attention on a subject persistently and moodily; worry
a)
cynic
b)
undeviating
c)
presumptuous
d)
brood
19.
a person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative
a)
scorn
b)
cynic
c)
wane
d)
unorthodox
20.
destroyed or killed in large numbers
a)
decimated
b)
infrastructure
c)
hysterical
d)
secede
21.
going beyond what is proper; excessively bold
a)
secede
b)
woo
c)
presumptuous
d)
meandering
22.
not turning away from
a)
nostalgia
b)
downy
c)
striking
d)
undeviating
23.
people with high social status due to birth or title
a)
extraneous
b)
infrastructure
c)
aristocracy
d)
brood
24.
following a winding course
a)
meandering
b)
unorthodox
c)
enunciate
d)
secede
25.
not customary or traditional
a)
fitfully
b)
cynic
c)
unorthodox
d)
inaudibly
26.
to give new strength and vitality, or bring back to consciousness
a)
revive
b)
conjurer
c)
appease
d)
abate
27.
to descend and come to rest
a)
chide
b)
alight
c)
ration
d)
indentured
28.
one's general way of thinking or feeling
a)
feigned
b)
rouse
c)
ambulatory
d)
disposition
29.
generations of the future; all of one's descendants
a)
prudence
b)
clamor
c)
posterity
d)
apprehension
30.
to set out on a venture
a)
embark
b)
conjurer
c)
alight
d)
ingenious
31.
careful consideration
a)
posterity
b)
deliberation
c)
appease
d)
abominable
32.
to find fault with or to blame
a)
discern
b)
gratify
c)
ambulatory
d)
chide
33.
fictitious; not genuine
a)
apprehension
b)
clamor
c)
abate
d)
feigned
34.
fear of what may happen in the future; anxiety
a)
apprehension
b)
daunt
c)
compassion
d)
revive
35.
to recognize as different and distinct; distinguish
a)
alight
b)
disposition
c)
convene
d)
discern
36.
confused, insistent shouting
a)
abominable
b)
clamor
c)
infidel
d)
mortification
37.
moral principle that restrains action
a)
scruple
b)
disposition
c)
embark
d)
deliberation
38.
devastation, misery, sadness
a)
abhor
b)
daunt
c)
embark
d)
desolation
39.
exercise of good and cautious judgment
a)
disposition
b)
prudence
c)
posterity
d)
ingenious
40.
to regard with disgust
a)
revive
b)
disposition
c)
feigned
d)
abhor
41.
disgusting; detestable
a)
scruple
b)
clamor
c)
abominable
d)
compassion
42.
exhibiting creative ability; inventive
a)
chide
b)
ingenious
c)
feigned
d)
posterity
43.
to overcome with fear; to intimidate
a)
scruple
b)
daunt
c)
clamor
d)
ambulatory
44.
deep awareness of another's suffering with a desire to help
a)
compassion
b)
indentured
c)
appease
d)
ration
45.
feeling of shame, humiliation or embarrassment
a)
convene
b)
mortification
c)
ration
d)
rouse
46.
talkative
a)
ruinous
b)
persistence
c)
garrulous
d)
salient
47.
to form an opinion without definite evidence; to guess
a)
conjecture
b)
elusive
c)
coerce
d)
salient
48.
fallen into ruin or decay; shabby
a)
calamity
b)
obliquely
c)
stupor
d)
dilapidated
49.
seemingly endless
a)
tumultuously
b)
interminable
c)
persistence
d)
uncanny
50.
having declined in condition or character; deteriorated
a)
emphatic
b)
compel
c)
coerce
d)
degenerate
51.
nervous anticipation; anxiety; dread
a)
trepidation
b)
elusive
c)
dissension
d)
guile
52.
little known or having an insignificant reputation
a)
vile
b)
obscure
c)
incessantly
d)
scorn
53.
an unfortunate event or disaster
a)
calamity
b)
vile
c)
garrulous
d)
conjecture
54.
in an agitated manner; violently
a)
scorn
b)
apathetically
c)
tumultuously
d)
prosperous
55.
disagreement or discord
a)
emphatic
b)
incessantly
c)
vile
d)
dissension
56.
cunning, deceit or slyness
a)
garrulous
b)
guile
c)
vile
d)
prosperous
57.
evil, repulsive or degrading
a)
salient
b)
legacy
c)
vile
d)
uncanny
58.
continually; happening over and over without interruption
a)
incessantly
b)
coerce
c)
ruinous
d)
legacy
59.
contempt or disdain felt toward a person or an object considered despicable or unworthy
a)
vile
b)
legacy
c)
ruinous
d)
scorn
60.
peculiarly unsettling in an eerie way
a)
uncanny
b)
elusive
c)
degenerate
d)
repose
61.
forceful
a)
vile
b)
reproach
c)
emphatic
d)
compel
62.
in an offensively bold manner
a)
apathetically
b)
impudently
c)
emphatic
d)
vile
63.
in a manner showing little interest or concern
a)
trepidation
b)
vile
c)
scorn
d)
apathetically
64.
greatly disliked or loathed
a)
coax
b)
jostle
c)
taper
d)
detest
65.
a ghost-like or nearly invisible appearance
a)
palpable
b)
tactful
c)
apparition
d)
brazenness
66.
tiresome because of length; boring
a)
render
b)
apt
c)
sneer
d)
tedious
67.
to depart from the main subject; to ramble
a)
mundane
b)
tactful
c)
digress
d)
vogue
68.
tangible; able to be touched or felt
a)
palpable
b)
commerce
c)
wanton
d)
piety
69.
to reproduce or depict in verbal or artistic form
a)
poise
b)
grimace
c)
render
d)
subtle
70.
likely; having a tendancy
a)
grimace
b)
apt
c)
indifferent
d)
detest
71.
to smile or laugh scornfully or critically
a)
vogue
b)
stark
c)
unutterable
d)
sneer
72.
a state of balance
a)
render
b)
palpable
c)
apparition
d)
poise
73.
facial expression showing contempt, disgust or pain
a)
commerce
b)
jostle
c)
grimace
74.
like an evil omen; threatening
a)
sneer
b)
poise
c)
brazenness
d)
ominous
75.
state of being perturbed, anxious or uneasy
a)
perturbation
b)
indifferent
c)
vogue
d)
influx
76.
irritability; impatience
a)
ominous
b)
apparition
c)
taper
d)
petulance
77.
ordinary
a)
coax
b)
jostle
c)
mundane
d)
scintillating
78.
able to speak or act without offending others
a)
tactful
b)
render
c)
apt
d)
digress
79.
religious devoutness
a)
sneer
b)
poise
c)
piety
d)
vogue
80.
barely noticeable; not open, direct or obvious
a)
subtle
b)
influx
c)
wanton
d)
mundane
81.
defiant behavior; boldness
a)
brazenness
b)
mundane
c)
tactful
d)
patronage
82.
lacking feeling or concern; having no marked feeling for or against
a)
ominous
b)
grimace
c)
render
d)
indifferent
83.
fashion; style
a)
detest
b)
vogue
c)
influx
d)
jostle
84.
business; trade; custom
a)
piety
b)
palpable
c)
patronage
d)
commerce
85.
to cause to scatter and gradually vanish; to break up and drive off
a)
dissipate
b)
amorphous
c)
installment
d)
pretense
86.
to turn away or aside
a)
scuffle
b)
ineffably
c)
avert
d)
gaunt
87.
to justify; to prove correct in light of later circumstances
a)
vindictive
b)
vindicate
c)
curt
d)
ravenous
88.
conceited; arrogant
a)
rue
b)
morose
c)
ravenous
d)
haughty
89.
to get around or to avoid by clever maneuvering
a)
infamy
b)
jubilant
c)
curt
d)
circumvent
90.
extremely poisonous or harmful
a)
virulent
b)
morose
c)
ravenous
d)
dissipate
91.
serous; somber
a)
curt
b)
fetid
c)
solemn
d)
pretense
92.
serving no practical purpose; useless; worthless
a)
virulent
b)
impudent
c)
infamy
d)
futile
93.
desiring revenge
a)
succumb
b)
vindictive
c)
premonition
d)
evade
94.
extremely hungry
a)
virulent
b)
ravenous
c)
fetid
d)
curt
95.
bad-tempered, gloomy and withdrawn
a)
amorphous
b)
intimation
c)
abjectly
d)
morose
96.
to regret; to be sorry for
a)
vindictive
b)
rue
c)
vindicate
d)
infamy
97.
cocky, bold
a)
impudent
b)
ineffably
c)
premonition
d)
contention
98.
extremely happy; triumphantly joyful
a)
abjectly
b)
intimation
c)
jubilant
d)
dissipate
99.
a reputation as something evil or harmful
a)
virulent
b)
rue
c)
morose
d)
infamy
100.
to give in or submit to
a)
avert
b)
succumb
c)
futile 
d)
solemn
101.
a warning or foreboding about the future
a)
curt
b)
fetid
c)
premonition
d)
subservient
102.
having a bad odor
a)
rue
b)
fetid
c)
curt
d)
ineffably
103.
rudely brief, or short; terse
a)
curt
b)
amorphous
c)
intimation
d)
swindle
104.
to endanger the reputation or interests of; to expose to suspicion
a)
ineffably
b)
amorphous
c)
compromise
d)
gaunt
105.
verbal argument or struggle; quarreling
a)
contention
b)
compromise
c)
futile 
d)
virulent
106.
false show or appearance, especially for the purpose of deceiving falseness
a)
avert
b)
vindicate
c)
rue
d)
pretense
107.
to escape or avoid, as by cleverness
a)
intimation
b)
compromise
c)
evade
d)
swindle
108.
circumstance or experience that is painful or difficult; a trial
a)
ordeal
b)
stature
c)
imperative
d)
grope
109.
something absolutely necessary; an essential
a)
transformed
b)
imperative 
c)
mildewed
d)
recede
110.
to refuse to accept as valid; to reject; to renounce
a)
ancestral
b)
repudiate
c)
colossal
d)
stooped
111.
extraordinary in size or degree; enormous
a)
gape
b)
extraneous
c)
swelter
d)
colossal
112.
the state or quality of going on without interruption
a)
wallowing
b)
continuity
c)
congress
d)
congregate
113.
lasting for a very brief time; short-lived
a)
dwell
b)
tarnish
c)
rank
d)
ephemeral
114.
to think about thoroughly and carefully
a)
ponder
b)
stature
c)
ordeal
d)
lopped
115.
to stare with the mouth open, as in wonder or surprise
a)
ordeal
b)
imperative
c)
repudiate
d)
gape
116.
to think about at length
a)
colossal
b)
wallowing
c)
dwell
d)
tarnish
117.
moving in a clumsy manner or with difficulty
a)
imperative
b)
ephemeral
c)
ponder
d)
wallowing
118.
to dull, soil or stain
a)
tarnish
b)
dwell
c)
ponder
d)
swelter
119.
to penetrate, spread through or diffuse
a)
ponder
b)
repudiate
c)
permeate
d)
colossal
120.
not intrinsically belonging; not forming a vital part; coming from outside
a)
extraneous
b)
congress
c)
rank
d)
valedictory
121.
having a strong, offensive odor
a)
wallowing
b)
continuity
c)
rank
d)
ephemeral
122.
to suffer from oppressive heat
a)
rank
b)
swelter
c)
lopped
d)
mildewed
123.
of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell
a)
rampages
b)
congress
c)
stature
d)
valedictory
124.
useful, in an inferior capacity, to promote to an end; submissive
a)
transfusion
b)
gape
c)
dwell
d)
subverting
125.
causing or characterized by grief; extremely sad
a)
grievous
b)
congress
c)
ancestral
d)
wallowing