WorksheetsEnglish II Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Antonym for "angular"
a)
Lean
b)
Obese
c)
Gaunt
d)
Emaciated
2.
Synonym for "disparage"
a)
Belittle
b)
Uplift
c)
Compliment
d)
Confuse
3.
This chart shows a(n) ______
a)
Altruism
b)
Disparagement
c)
Embellishment
d)
Disparity
4.
This picture shows a(n) ________.
a)
Embellishment
b)
Disparity
c)
Taciturnness
d)
Ambivalence
5.
Synonym for taciturn
a)
Gregarious
b)
Talkative
c)
Introverted
d)
Communicative
6.
Synonym for embellish
a)
Adorn
b)
Deface
c)
Efface
d)
Ignore
7.
Antonym for taciturn
a)
Shy
b)
Introverted
c)
Reticent
d)
Outgoing
8.
Synonym for arrogant
a)
Modest
b)
Pretentious
c)
Humble
d)
Altruistic
9.
The _________ gave money to the charity for Hurricane Irma.
a)
Altruistic
b)
Altruism
c)
Altruistically
d)
Altruist
10.
The _________ was ________ by the investigators, who decided that the difference in regulated mercury levels could be lethal.
a)
embellishment, discerned
b)
disparity, discerned
c)
angular, disparaged
d)
arrogance, embellished
11.
Antonym for discern
a)
Ignore
b)
Judge
c)
Realize
d)
Determine
12.
Mr. Robinson hates when sandwich chefs _______ their sandwiches with pickles; he is very vocal about his ______ to pickles.
a)
embellish, aversion
b)
discern, angularity
c)
discern, ambivalence
d)
embellish, discernment
13.
The ________ woman did not know how to cope with the loss of her husband; she decided to ______ him, feeling as though he oppressed her during life.
a)
arrogant, embellish
b)
ambivalent, discern
c)
ambivalent, disparage
d)
arrogant, altruist
14.
The tale of Paul Bunyan is an example of:
a)
Taciturnness
b)
Embellishing
c)
Discerning
d)
Disparaging
15.
Antonym for altruistic
a)
Modest
b)
Humble
c)
Kind
d)
Narcissistic
16.
His __________ towards incompetence made the boss uneasy to work with.
a)
altruism
b)
taciturnness
c)
aversion
d)
embellishment
17.
I began to _________ the story of when I went fishing, but my friend called me out on it and replied there was no way that was true.
a)
Embellish
b)
Discern
c)
Disparage
d)
Arrogance
18.
Antonym for embellish
a)
Efface
b)
Decorate
c)
Adorn
d)
Fabricate
19.
Synonym for disparity
a)
Comparable
b)
Similarity
c)
Contrast
d)
Selfless
20.
The young man had no friends to eat with at lunch, so he was left to be ____ in the cafeteria. However, I went over to go talk to him.
a)
Averse
b)
Ambivalent
c)
Taciturn
d)
Embellished
21.
I hiked up towards the ______ of the mountain, determined to beat the steep incline.
a)
Nadir
b)
Embellishment
c)
Chagrin
d)
Apex
22.
Synonym for fortuitous
a)
fortunate
b)
unlucky
c)
unfortunate
d)
scornful
23.
Safe; harmless
a)
Insipid
b)
Servile
c)
Chagrin
d)
Innocuous
24.
Synonym for substantiate
a)
Support
b)
Detract
c)
Defface
d)
Efface
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