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WorksheetsWordly Wise 10, 10
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The constant long lines at Romolo's bakery ____to its popularity.
a)
axiom
b)
concoct
c)
attest
d)
disparage
2.
Based on what has gone before; lacking originality.
a)
axiom
b)
churlish
c)
derivative
d)
refurbish
3.
Barrett's ____remarks started an altercation.
a)
derivative
b)
churlish
c)
disparage
d)
vagary
4.
Differentiate
a)
to see the difference; to distinguish.
b)
to criticize in a negative, disrespectful, manner.
c)
to break up and spread out so thinkly as to disappear
d)
to declare or be evidence of something as true
5.
The sun ___ the morning fog.
a)
differentiated
b)
dissipated
c)
disparaged
d)
derivative
6.
We were able to ___a delicious meal from the leftovers in the refrigerator.
a)
churlish
b)
concoct
c)
differentiate
d)
dissipate
7.
To spend or use foolishly.
a)
disparage
b)
concoct
c)
differentiate
d)
dissipate
8.
I didn't mean to ____ your relationship with Corey when I said that he was not a loyal person.
a)
differentiate
b)
disparage
c)
dissipate
d)
esoteric
9.
Axiom
a)
true or obvious
b)
lacking good manners
c)
derivative
d)
vagary
10.
The drink he created was a ____ of mango, pineapple, and grapefruit.
a)
axiom
b)
plethora
c)
vagary
d)
concoction
11.
Relating to the sense of smell.
a)
secrete
b)
esoteric
c)
olfactory
d)
volatile
12.
Of the ___ of suggestions, there were a few that were used.
a)
differentiated
b)
dissipated
c)
plethora
d)
vagary
13.
refurbish
a)
to produce and give off
b)
to make like new
c)
a departure from the normal
d)
changing readily
14.
Arabic used to be so ___ that almost no one in America studied it, but it has become much more popular recently.
a)
plethora
b)
volatile
c)
disparage
d)
esoteric
15.
The _____ of the marketplace make it difficult to predict how well the stock market will perform each year.
a)
vagaries
b)
olfactory
c)
axioms
d)
derivatives
16.
Evaporating quickly
a)
vagary
b)
volatile
c)
plethora
d)
esoteric
17.
A departure from the normal, expected course; a whim or unpredictable action
a)
secrete
b)
esoteric
c)
vagary
d)
plethora
18.
The money was____ in a hidden compartment of the suitcase.
a)
churlish
b)
differentiated
c)
dissipated
d)
secreted
19.
Secrete
a)
to produce and give off
b)
to see the difference
c)
to criticize in a negative manner
d)
to break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear
20.
Emotions run high when people discuss a ____ subject.
a)
vagary
b)
esoteric
c)
volatile
d)
unpredictable
21.
Gasoline is a ____ substance.
a)
volatile
b)
olfactory
c)
secreted
d)
vagaries
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