Worksheets9.8 Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
muddy, swampy ground
a)
mire
b)
gaffe
c)
hovel
2.
a part or division
a)
gambit
b)
sector
c)
forum
3.
very thin and bony, especially from sickness
a)
felonious
b)
antiquated
c)
gaunt
4.
extreme poverty
a)
penury
b)
edifice
c)
insurrection
5.
to hint at; to refer to indirectly
a)
delude
b)
elude
c)
allude
6.
to drink; to absorb into the body
a)
imbibe
b)
bandy
c)
intervene
7.
to produce; to make happen
a)
beget
b)
substantiate
c)
imbibe
8.
to consider carefully, especially as a group
a)
feign
b)
desist
c)
deliberate
9.
to draw or bring out
a)
imbue
b)
declaim
c)
educe
10.
to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor
a)
cogitate
b)
glean
c)
enshroud
11.
a member of an independent band of soldiers that engages in raids and surpise attacks
a)
chauvinist
b)
guerilla
c)
entity
12.
to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction
a)
chafe
b)
declaim
c)
quaff
13.
to obliterate; to wipe out
a)
dote
b)
efface
c)
imbue
14.
shameless boldness
a)
exuberance
b)
effrontery
c)
nepotism
15.
to pretend
a)
quaff
b)
feign
c)
parry
16.
inappropriately excessive
a)
felonious
b)
undue
c)
belated
17.
to inspire or influence; to saturate
a)
entice
b)
imbue
c)
jeopardize
18.
to stop; to discontinue
a)
declaim
b)
desist
c)
dote
19.
the choice members or best of a group
a)
effrontery
b)
elite
c)
edifice
20.
a dictator with absolute power
a)
ruffian
b)
despot
c)
denizen
21.
After two months, the sickness had left Zane looking weak and ____________.
a)
gaunt
b)
gothic
c)
glutinous
22.
Kianna ___________ happiness around her friends, but she was actually sad because her fish had died.
a)
feigned
b)
imbibed
c)
chafed
23.
The company was growing too costly to run, so the manager decided to shut down the _________ that was least productive.
a)
mire
b)
sector
c)
elite
24.
Although she didn't actually say it, Meghan ___________ that Jim ate all of the cookies.
a)
alluded
b)
imbibed
c)
gleaned
25.
After the boat ran aground on the tropical island, the crew hiked through a swampy ____________.
a)
mire
b)
sector
c)
effrontery
26.
ANTONYM for undue
a)
unnecessary
b)
appropriate
c)
harsh
27.
ANTONYM for beget
a)
generate
b)
prevent
c)
surrender
28.
ANTONYM for educe
a)
argue
b)
suppress
c)
elicit
29.
ANTONYM for glean
a)
surrender
b)
invade
c)
disperse
30.
ANTONYM for effrontery
a)
impudence
b)
timidity
c)
audacity
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