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Vocabulary Check #1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
___________ broke out when the fire alarm sounded, and the hallways filled with smoke. 
a)
Rakish
b)
Pandemonium
c)
Tousle
d)
Craven
2.
___________ broke out when the fire alarm sounded, and the hallways filled with smoke. 
a)
Rakish
b)
Pandemonium
c)
Tousle
d)
Craven
3.
James looked ___________ with his leather jacket and black boots.  
a)
Rakish
b)
Craven
c)
Distraught 
d)
Scornful
4.
After a ten-mile hike the scout leader was exhausted and ___________.
a)
Disdainful
b)
Scornful 
c)
fleeting
d)
Haggard 
5.
The __________ soldier turned and ran at the first sign of trouble. 
a)
Rakish
b)
Inscrutable 
c)
Craven
d)
Scornful
6.
Those ___________ comments were uncalled for and inappropriate in a public forum. 
a)
Inscrutable 
b)
Derisive
c)
Fleeting 
d)
Distraught 
7.
Most people do not like it when someone tries to ___________ their hair. 
a)
Rakish 
b)
Insinuate 
c)
Tousle 
d)
Craven 
8.
Mrs. Doubtfire would rarely state her feelings, but she often ____________ how she felt. 
a)
Vaulted 
b)
Lurched 
c)
Tousled 
d)
Insinuated
9.
Out of sheer frustration and anger, the wrongly accused defendant decided to _________ his court papers.
a)
Lurch
b)
Haggard
c)
Rend 
d)
Cannonade 
10.
The track star could _________ effortlessly over the hurdles and never break her pace.
a)
lurch 
b)
scornful
c)
cannonade
d)
vault 
11.
She seemed to be__________ of everything I said, and I had no idea why she was so contemptuous. 
a)
Inscrutable 
b)
Scornul
c)
Menacing 
d)
Distraught 
12.
Special-ops army rangers must be able to communicate flawlessly or they would be a _________ to their unit.  
a)
Distraught 
b)
Cocky 
c)
Fleeting 
d)
Menace 
13.
I did not like his __________ attitude or the way he bragged about his accomplishments. 
a)
Distraught 
b)
Cocky 
c)
Fleeting 
d)
Menace 
14.
For a _______ moment I thought I saw a unicorn, but I soon realized it was an optical illusion. 
a)
Distraught
b)
Cocky
c)
Fleeting 
d)
Disdainful
15.
It was quite insulting when he called his opponent a miserable  ____________. 
a)
disdainful
b)
haggard 
c)
cur 
d)
bedlam 
16.
The crowd broke out in sheer frenzy; an eyewitness described it as __________. 
a)
disdainful
b)
rakish 
c)
craven 
d)
bedlam