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WorksheetsWordly Wise 10, 11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
At the state fair, everyone was talking about the grain harvest and other ________.
a)
culinary
b)
gourmet
c)
agrarian
d)
hybrid
2.
The area survived several ____events, including a tornado and a flood.
a)
burgeoning
b)
denigrated
c)
manifold
d)
cataclysmic
3.
burgeon
a)
a sudden and violent change
b)
to attack the reputation of;
c)
the offspring of two animals or plants of different species.
d)
to grow and expand rapidly; to flourish
4.
Julia Child, a well-known cookbook author and chef, had a great deal of ______ expertise.
a)
culinary
b)
agrarian
c)
manifold
d)
grandiloquent
5.
The sales manager _____ his competitors' products.
a)
burgeon
b)
denigrated
c)
scourged
d)
stalemated
6.
Creole is a _____ language composed of French, Spanish
a)
grandiloquent
b)
agrarian
c)
denigrate
d)
hybrid
7.
gourmet
a)
having to do with agriculture
b)
having to do with cooking
c)
A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality
d)
to flourish
8.
As head of the student council, her duties were _____: she did everything from stuffing envelopes to addressing the PTA.
a)
hybrid
b)
burgeon
c)
manifold
d)
plebeian
9.
Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all.
a)
panacea
b)
plebeian
c)
palatable
d)
temperate
10.
Although raw fish didn't sound very appetizing to me, it was, in fact, surprisingly ______.
a)
culinary
b)
gourmet
c)
palatable
d)
plebeian
11.
plebeian
a)
something that is supposed to cure all ills
b)
mild, moderate; restrained
c)
to punish severely, especially by whipping
d)
common people; unrefined
12.
A halt in the struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in is a ______.
a)
scourge
b)
temperate
c)
hybrid
d)
stalemate
13.
temperate
a)
mild, moderate; restrained
b)
something that causes great pain and suffering
c)
a cure-all
d)
acceptable or pleasing
14.
The ______ of AIDS affects populations worldwide.
a)
panacea
b)
denigrate
c)
cataclysm
d)
scourge
15.
The sales manager ______ his competitor's products.
a)
burgeoned
b)
denigrated
c)
manifolds
d)
stalemate
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