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WorksheetsEnglish 11/12 Lesson 1 Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the ARCANE?
a)
Gary has trouble understanding simple addition and subtraction.
b)
Few people outside of south-central Chile can speak Araucan.
c)
Robin studies, oblivious to her siblings playing loudly around her.
d)
I always enjoy reading the jokes in this magazine.
2.
We dismissed the accounts of UFO contacts with humans as ______.
a)
expedient
b)
arcane
c)
imperturbable
d)
apocryphal
3.
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word EXUDE?
a)
The phone rang repeatedly, but no one bothered to answer it.
b)
As soon as Tom exceeded the speed limit, he was stopped by the highway patrol.
c)
The salesman radiated confidence, which made it hard to refuse his offer.
d)
For three days in a row, the local forecast was wrong.
4.
Expedient
a)
useful for some purpose; convenient; concerned with serving one's own interests
b)
an increase, addition, or gain, often by regular, consecutive amounts
c)
understood by only a few; mysterious
d)
a deceptive scheme or strategy
5.
He ______ so much when he talked that I paid more attention to his arms than to his story.
a)
reiterated
b)
gesticulated
c)
exuded
d)
mortified
6.
In which of the following places would you be MOST LIKELY to find an atmosphere of levity?
a)
a commencement ceremony
b)
a funeral
c)
a party
d)
a hearing
7.
Imperturbable
a)
of doubtful authenticity or origin
b)
calm and assured
c)
understood by only a few; mysterious
d)
useful; convenient; concerned with serving one's own interests
8.
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word INCREMENTAL?
a)
The car skidded on the ice and went off the road into the guard rail.
b)
The new fighter jet soared to 20,000 feet in less than a minute.
c)
Last night's six inches of snow brings the month's total to 58 inches.
d)
Men's jacket sizes are 36-inch, 38-inch, 40-inch, 42-inch, and 44-inch.
9.
When I went to pay the check during the date, I was ______ to discover that I had no money.
a)
mortified
b)
vacillated
c)
exuded
d)
gesticulated
10.
Convene
a)
to say or do over again; to repeat
b)
to summon or cause to assemble; to gather; to meet formally
c)
to emit; to give forth
d)
to move back and forth; to waiver
11.
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word PERIPHERY?
a)
The story that Davy Crockett killed a bear when he was only three is false.
b)
Since she worked only one day a week, Ms. Dawson had little to do with the project.
c)
Pluto, the most distant planet in our solar system, is billions of miles from the sun.
d)
The center of the dance floor was the most crowded.
12.
My little sister ______ between a party at home and a trip to the ice-skating rink for her birthday.
a)
vacillated
b)
convened
c)
reiterated
d)
exuded
13.
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word SUBTERFUGE?
a)
Gary has trouble understanding simple addition and subtraction.
b)
The player openly admitted her mistake.
c)
The fountain is supplied with water from an underground pipe.
d)
Friar Laurence's attempt to bring Romeo and Juliet together not only deceived their families, but also came to a terrible end.
14.
Aunt Clara knew so many stories and was such a superb ______ that she could entertain us for hours.
a)
periphery
b)
raconteur
c)
subterfuge
d)
reiteration
15.
Reiterate
a)
to say or do over again; to repeat
b)
to motion wildly with the body or limbs
c)
to summon or cause to assemble
d)
to embarrass or humiliate
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