WorksheetsQuarter 1 Vocab
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I hope you all _____________ the Quarter Quell.
a)
Deteriorate
b)
Detonate
c)
Decimate
d)
Scrutinize
2.
Though I try to avoid it, I am not above using ___________ to get people to do what I want.
a)
coercion
b)
revelation
c)
conundrum
d)
forte
3.
My husband and I have a _______________ partnership.
a)
symbiotic
b)
cathartic
c)
defunct
d)
bewildered
4.
If Michigan State doesn't get their butts in gear this weekend, I am going to need _________________ in the form of brownie batter.
a)
consolation
b)
misdirection
c)
epic
d)
subterfuge
5.
Despite writing the due dates on the board for all nine weeks, some students still act as though their book project is some sort of ___________________.
a)
revelation
b)
embolism
c)
respite
d)
precipice
6.
Every time I try to run, my knees _____________ a little more; soon I'll need a replacement.
a)
Deteriorate
b)
surmise
c)
abhor
d)
pacify
7.
I try to be ____________ in the beginning so you all know I am serious about my classroom expectations.
a)
Emphatic
b)
Unprecedented
c)
Apathetic
d)
Gregarious
8.
Don't be so ______________; of course Fridays are the best days of the week.
a)
Obtuse
b)
Emphatic
c)
formidable
d)
covert
9.
My dog died of an _____________.
a)
Embolism
b)
Subterfuge
c)
Conundrum
d)
Misdirectiong
10.
The stress you all have about this test is almost ______________.
a)
Palpable
b)
oblivious
c)
audacious
d)
cathartic
11.
Writing words and definitions on your hands would be _________________, and would definitely get you a 0.
a)
Subterfuge
b)
Epic
c)
Conundrum
d)
Respite
12.
With the push of a button, our president can cause all of our nuclear warheads to ____________.
a)
detonate
b)
deteriorate
c)
pacify
d)
surmise
13.
I just watched the movie "Trolls" and it's a remake of a classic __________ poem: grand adventure and love to save someone.
a)
epic
b)
misdirection
c)
condundrum
d)
forte
14.
The _____________ student intentionally answered every question wrong and then expected to get to retake the quiz. As if!
a)
audacious
b)
oblivious
c)
formidable
d)
surreptitious
15.
I'm supposed to be avoiding high fructose corn syrup because it upsets my stomach, so I keep a _________________ stash of candy in my desk that my husband doesn't know about.
a)
surreptitious
b)
formidable
c)
lackadaisical
d)
steadfast
16.
I don't happen to find Coach Hill very __________, but his players say he's absolutely terrifying when he's mad.
a)
formidable
b)
covert
c)
gregarious
d)
bewildered
17.
Sometimes reading is _______________ for me and helps me relax before going to sleep.
a)
cathartic
b)
oblivious
c)
epic
d)
bewildered
18.
I really hate when I am in a _____________ and have to make a decision but I have no idea what the right decision is.
a)
conundrum
b)
misdirection
c)
respite
d)
chagrin
19.
The shooters in Arkansas used a fire alarm as _____________ and then started firing on students and teachers once the building was clear.
a)
misdirection
b)
implosion
c)
precipice
d)
plethora
20.
I certainly hope you all have a few ____________ adventures while you are in high school.
a)
Epic
b)
Gregarious
c)
ambitious
d)
defunct
21.
Though I may pretend to be ________________, I know what your slang means.
a)
Oblivious
b)
gregarious
c)
clandestine
d)
apathetic
22.
Though I don't go to Michigan every year, I do enjoy my visits as they are a ___________ from the insanity of my life in Kansas.
a)
Respite
b)
Conundrum
c)
Implosion
d)
plethora
23.
Sometimes I feel like my brain might have an _____________ when I have a migraine.
a)
Implosion
b)
Forte
c)
Precipice
d)
Plethora
24.
A snow day on the first day of May wasn't entirely _________________, but it sure was not common either.
a)
Unprecedented
b)
clandestine
c)
covert
d)
defunct
25.
Because we worked together, my college boyfriend and I had to go on ________________ dates because we didn't want everyone we worked with to know about our relationship
a)
clandestine
b)
gregarious
c)
steadfast
d)
unprecedented
26.
Bald tires + black ice + bridge = one major ____________ in my teenage life.
a)
Precipice
b)
forte
c)
plethora
d)
implosion
27.
If you ever have to deliver bad news, I suggest you find some way to _____________ the recipient first.
a)
Pacify
b)
surmise
c)
scrutinize
d)
detonate
28.
It is important that students find teachers _____________, or else they don't believe them.
a)
audacious
b)
credible
c)
cathartic
d)
palpable
29.
We convinced a _________________ friend that we were all doing wacky hair day on Tuesday. He looked ridiculous.
a)
clandestine
b)
literal
c)
symbiotic
d)
credulous
30.
I hope to use ___________ information to make decisions about what to eat, but sometimes I just want unhealthy cereal.
a)
empirical
b)
pacfiy
c)
embolism
d)
subterfuge
31.
When speaking as a witness in a crime, you need to be very __________ and not the least bit figurative.
a)
palpable
b)
credulous
c)
literal
d)
conundrum
32.
Root which means "quality of believability."
a)
cred
b)
Im/In
c)
Agri
d)
Hyp/Hypo
33.
Prefix meaning "not"
a)
Im/In
b)
Agri
c)
-Ian/Ion
d)
Hyper
34.
Root word dealing with land/field
a)
Agri
b)
Hyper
c)
-Ian/Ion
d)
Hyp/Hypo
35.
Root meaning "under-stimulated"
a)
Hyp/Hypo
b)
Hyper
c)
cred
d)
-Ian/Ion
36.
Suffix that deals with act or state of
a)
Cred
b)
Agri
c)
Hyper
d)
-Ian/Ion
37.
Root dealing with being overstimulated
a)
Agri
b)
Im/In-
c)
Hyper
d)
Cred
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