WorksheetsVocab 1-5 Quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Christopher Reeves ________ tremendous obstaces after he was paralyzed during a horse-riding accident.
a)
insuperable
b)
indisputable
c)
surmounted
d)
fraught
2.
1)skillful in the use of the hands or body
or
2) clever
or
2) clever
a)
apex
b)
precocious
c)
virtuoso
d)
dexterous
3.
The carnival ride uses _________ force to hold the riders against the wall while the floor drops our from beneath them.
a)
impervious
b)
centrifugal
c)
supercede
d)
brandish
4.
a hobby
a)
porous
b)
impverish
c)
avocation
d)
apex
5.
The little boy _________ his sword in his play fight against his dad.
a)
brandish
b)
impetus
c)
inherent
d)
cleaved
6.
to offer
a)
caliber
b)
proffer
c)
rudimentary
d)
supercede
7.
Only recently trained, Frances has the ________ to play the piano better than most who have practiced for years.
a)
definitive
b)
impoverish
c)
virtuoso
d)
faculty
8.
financial aid granted to the private sector from the government
a)
appraise
b)
subsidy
c)
rescind
d)
depreciate
9.
When the officers refused to ________- the unjust order, the soldiers filed a complaint higher in the chain of command.
a)
rescind
b)
irrevocable
c)
indubitable
d)
supercede
10.
Since the evidence that the students cheated was __________, they were expelled from school.
a)
monetary
b)
irrevocable
c)
indubitable
d)
fateful
11.
cannot be explained
a)
impoverish
b)
cleave
c)
insuperable
d)
inexplicable
12.
occurring by nature or habit
a)
aptitude
b)
inherent
c)
gratis
d)
expend
13.
The couple did not say together because, despite many attempts at reconciliation, they had ________ difficulties.
a)
insuperable
b)
porous
c)
impervious
d)
antecendent
14.
Buying the older home was ______- with difficulties from the beginning.
a)
fateful
b)
fraught
c)
impervious
d)
emancipated
15.
cannot be harmed
a)
aficionado
b)
impoverish
c)
impervious
d)
insuperable
16.
controlled by destiny
a)
fraught
b)
surmount
c)
fateful
d)
apex
17.
As soon as you drive a new car off the lot, its value starts to depreciate
a)
monetary
b)
rudimentary
c)
impoverish
d)
depreciate
18.
1) to earn 2) to collect
a)
gratis
b)
virtuoso
c)
garner
d)
assess
19.
The food at the charity event was provided ________ by the sponsors.
a)
garnered
b)
monetary
c)
gratis
d)
rudimentary
20.
to determine the amount of
a)
appraise
b)
assess
c)
monetary
d)
fateful
21.
The football player was ___________ after the hard hit by the defense.
a)
incapacitated
b)
impoverished
c)
appraised
d)
remunerated
22.
Every student has the __________ to be successful in this class.
a)
aptitude
b)
faculty
c)
potential
d)
precocious
23.
Abe spent years disciplined in training _____________ to winning the championship game.
a)
ascendant
b)
apex
c)
antecedent
d)
assess
24.
The politician's election to the presidency was the _________ of his career.
a)
prodigy
b)
caliber
c)
aptitude
d)
apex
25.
degree of quality or merit
a)
appraise
b)
caliber
c)
surmount
d)
potential
26.
to replace someone or something else
a)
surmount
b)
ascendant
c)
supercede
d)
insuperable
27.
When I asked my mother whether I could stay out until 3:00am, her _______________ was no.
a)
rudimentary
b)
potential
c)
precocious
d)
definitive
28.
to estimate the amount or nature of
a)
apex
b)
assess
c)
appraise
d)
antecedent
29.
The __________ eight year old loved debating politics with her family at dinner.
a)
potential
b)
virtuoso
c)
precocious
d)
prodigy
30.
Mozart, who was a __________, wrote his first composition when he was five years old.
a)
precocious
b)
prodigy
c)
aptitude
d)
adroit
31.
Star Trek ______________ paid a combined 7 million dollars for memorabilia at a recent convention.
a)
aficionados
b)
virtuousos
c)
zeniths
d)
ascendants
32.
to spend or to use
a)
surmount
b)
cleave
c)
defray
d)
expend
33.
related to money
a)
remunerate
b)
appraise
c)
monetary
d)
assess
34.
to pay
a)
assess
b)
monetary
c)
remunerate
d)
impoverish
35.
The DNA test provided ________ evidence of the man's innocence.
a)
irrevocable
b)
incontrovertible
c)
rudimentary
d)
impervious
36.
The _________ for Billy attending tutoring was the 32 average in his English class.
a)
potential
b)
defray
c)
apex
d)
impetus
37.
Thomas Edison used his __________ mind to invent the light bulb and the phonograph.
a)
impoverished
b)
ingenious
c)
rudimentary
d)
defrayed
38.
The butcher ___________the piece of meat in two.
a)
adhered
b)
emancipated
c)
cleaved
d)
defrayed
39.
to free
a)
appraise
b)
ascendant
c)
indupitable
d)
emancipate
40.
dominant in power or importance
a)
antecedent
b)
ascendant
c)
apex
d)
irrevocable
41.
cannot be undone
a)
incontrovertible
b)
irrevocable
c)
impoverish
d)
insuperable
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