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WorksheetsEnglish 11 Academic Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
To bring things together in order to make something more solid, strong, or easier to handle . . .
a)
Calibrate
b)
Consolidate
c)
Abrogate
d)
Amend
2.
To improve a less than desirable situation
a)
Calibrate
b)
Abrogate
c)
Consolidate
d)
Amelioriate
3.
To change or modify something for the better, usually by formal procedure
a)
Amend
b)
Ameliorate
c)
Divulge
d)
Calibrate
4.
To adjust something so that it can be used in an exact way
a)
Connote
b)
Ameliorate
c)
Calibrate
d)
Consolidate
5.
Likely to change suddenly
a)
Arbitrarily
b)
Capricious
c)
Deleterious
d)
Abrogate
6.
Seemingly by random
a)
Arbitrarily
b)
Capricious
c)
Denote
d)
Archaic
7.
What something signifies, or means.
a)
Banal
b)
Connote
c)
Caveat
d)
Denote
8.
The Senators refused to vote to repeal the bill that provided health care to millions who wouldn't otherwise have it.
a)
Denote
b)
Abrogate
c)
Archaic
d)
Didactic
9.
Mrs. Solis had no idea that the sugar she put in her coffee every day had been causing her to gain weight and become at risk for heart disease.
a)
Acerbic
b)
Deleterious
c)
Arbitrarily
d)
Capricious
10.
The salesperson's tone when he said "We don't carry this dress in your size" made Tony walk out of the store in anger.
a)
Didactic
b)
Connote
c)
Ameliorate
d)
Acerbic
11.
Sarah decorated her house with modern living room furniture, but her bathrooms all had a coastal theme, her bedroom had a mediterranean theme, and her kitchen was English countryside.
a)
Disparaging
b)
Eclectic
c)
Consolidate
d)
Caveat
12.
The tech start-ups contracts with the city all included the strange requirement that they only provide sustainably raised coffee to their employees.
a)
Arbitrarily
b)
Auspicious
c)
Caveat
d)
Archaic
13.
This picture illustrates . . .
a)
Didactic
b)
Acerbic
c)
Auspicious
d)
Denote
14.
Judy loves swimming. She's also afraid of pools and will only swim in the ocean or in lakes.
a)
Capricious
b)
Deleterious
c)
Conversely
d)
Dogmatic
15.
Christa refused to eat any carbohydrates, even healthy carbohydrates, because she believed they would make her gain weight. Even her nutritionist could not convince her to eat some quinoa.
a)
Amend
b)
Banal
c)
Disparaging
d)
Dogmatic
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