Worksheets12.8 Vocabulary
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
to disapprove angrily; to protest
a)
entreat
b)
inveigh
c)
allay
2.
shocking; explicit
a)
lurid
b)
sectarian
c)
otiose
3.
to corrupt morally; to contaminate
a)
expiate
b)
ameliorate
c)
vitiate
4.
roughness or harshness; severity
a)
catharsis
b)
exegesis
c)
asperity
5.
to make better; to improve
a)
expurgate
b)
ameliorate
c)
desiccate
6.
childish; juvenile
a)
puerile
b)
unimpeachable
c)
profligate
7.
to alienate
a)
venerate
b)
estrange
c)
comprise
8.
to relieve; to alleviate
a)
allay
b)
pander
c)
inveigh
9.
disrespect
a)
peregrination
b)
exegesis
c)
flippancy
10.
useless; futile
a)
incumbent
b)
aleatory
c)
otiose
11.
an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation
a)
exegesis
b)
nexus
c)
accoutrement
12.
unquestionable; beyond doubt
a)
unimpeachable
b)
eidetic
c)
puerile
13.
dependent on luck or chance
a)
aleatory
b)
churlish
c)
eidetic
14.
wasteful and immoral
a)
sectarian
b)
innocuous
c)
profligate
15.
to predict
a)
prognosticate
b)
estrange
c)
expiate
16.
to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others
a)
pander
b)
inveigh
c)
truncate
17.
stubbornly resistant; showing opposition
a)
cogent
b)
profligate
c)
recalcitrant
18.
rejection; refusal to acknowledge
a)
preamble
b)
exegesis
c)
renunciation
19.
to assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity
a)
lionize
b)
vitiate
c)
ameliorate
20.
unfriendly; hostile; injurious
a)
coeval
b)
inimical
c)
convoluted
21.
Tayquan did not understand the Old English text of the novel, so he decided to find a[n] ____________.
a)
nexus
b)
exegesis
c)
renunciation
22.
When the two middle aged brothers get together, they act just as ___________ as they were when they were eight years old.
a)
puerile
b)
sybaritic
c)
otiose
23.
Duka knew her father's ____________ on the softball field was his way of getting her ready to play at the college level.
a)
asperity
b)
sophistry
c)
nexus
24.
The math teacher thought of himself as _____________, and he held a grudge against any student who questioned his logic.
a)
quotidian
b)
unimpeachable
c)
dilatory
25.
Davionna __________ one of her favorite restaurants after they discontinued their once-famous vegetarian menu options.
a)
inveighed
b)
expiated
c)
foisted
26.
ANTONYM for allay
a)
spoil
b)
intensify
c)
pacify
27.
ANTONYM for profligate
a)
virtuous
b)
decadent
c)
mature
28.
ANTONYM for recalcitrant
a)
infallible
b)
obedient
c)
defiant
29.
ANTONYM for otoise
a)
mature
b)
necessary
c)
new
30.
ANTONYM for lionize
a)
pacify
b)
ignore
c)
honor
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