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WorksheetsVocab Review 11
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Very skillful
a)
astute
b)
aptitude
c)
resourceful
d)
adept
2.
Having shrewd judgment; observant, clever, and cunning
a)
adept
b)
resourceful
c)
painstaking
d)
astute
3.
Marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended or extreme effort, or diligence
a)
paintaking
b)
resourceful
c)
painstaking
d)
resourseful
4.
A person, often young, with exceptional talents or powers
a)
precocious
b)
precosious
c)
progidy
d)
prodigy
5.
A very skilled musician or other type of artist; an expert or master artist
a)
virtuoso
b)
virtoso
c)
prodigy
d)
overture
6.
The highest point of achievement
a)
prodigy
b)
progidy
c)
acme
d)
virtuoso
7.
Natural ability; talent; quickness in understanding; intelligence
a)
adept
b)
astute
c)
finesse
d)
aptitude
8.
To achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill; refinement, delicacy, and skill; subtle, skillful handling of a potentially difficult situation
a)
finese
b)
finesse
c)
resourceful
d)
resourseful
9.
Showing unusually early development or maturity
a)
precocious
b)
prodigy
c)
precosious
d)
progidy
10.
Effective and imaginative in solving problems; practical
a)
virtuoso
b)
finesse
c)
resourceful
d)
resourcful
11.
Deliberate deception in behavior or speech
a)
devious
b)
duplicity
c)
guile
d)
fictitious
12.
Beginning to exist or appear
a)
incipient
b)
initiative
c)
innovation
d)
generate
13.
An intense and violent disaster or change
a)
eradication
b)
blight
c)
obliterate
d)
cataclysm
14.
Pleasing to the taste or smell; appetizing; flavorful; spicy or salty, but not sweet; morally good or satisfactory; respectable
a)
savery
b)
pungent
c)
savory
d)
quaff
15.
Worthy of praise and honor
a)
homage
b)
accolade
c)
reproach
d)
laudable
16.
To prove to be false or invalid; to deny the accuracy or truth of
a)
fictitious
b)
fallacy
c)
refute
d)
dissuade
17.
To make impossible or unlikely; to prevent
a)
preculde
b)
preclude
c)
percluede
d)
perclude
18.
Marked by understanding or awareness; sharp; sensitive
a)
pungent
b)
pugnent
c)
preceptive
d)
perceptive
19.
A nonstandard or improper use of language; a mistake in manners or behavior
a)
Sisyphean
b)
Sysiphean
c)
sloecism
d)
solecism
20.
A specialized vocabulary of a profession or trade; nonsensical or meaningless communication
a)
jagron
b)
jargon
c)
agrot
d)
argot
21.
The most direct or specific meaning of a word
a)
connotation
b)
dennotation
c)
conotation
d)
denotation
22.
A victory that is offset by staggering losses or that comes at a huge price
a)
Pyrrhic victory
b)
Pyrrhic vitcory
c)
Phyrric victory
d)
pyrrhic victory
23.
Excellent judgment and insight; skill in perceiving
a)
perceptive
b)
incisive
c)
discernment
d)
dicsernment
24.
Something that blocks or gets in the way; an obstacle
a)
thwart
b)
thwart
c)
obstruction
d)
osbtruction
25.
To take advantage of people by tricking or fooling them; someone tricked and taken advantage of
a)
dupe
b)
dissuade
c)
gullible
d)
gulible
26.
A detailed review; an evaluation; to review, discuss, or evaluate
a)
accolade
b)
criticue
c)
critique
d)
reproach
27.
To consume or eat up greedily or enthusiastically
a)
quaff
b)
devour
c)
devor
d)
quaf
28.
To have a negative effect on; to ruin; something that ruins or greatly harms; a terrible condition, environment, or process
a)
bligth
b)
havoc
c)
eradication
d)
blight
29.
Something newly introduced or created
a)
inovation
b)
broach
c)
initiative
d)
innovation
30.
Sly intelligence; craftiness with the intention to deceive
a)
devious
b)
duplicity
c)
guile
d)
gullible
31.
Open and observable; not hidden or secret
a)
ovet
b)
reputable
c)
overt
d)
devious
32.
A beginning or an introductory step; an opening move; the ability or wish to start something; enterprise; determination
a)
initative
b)
initiative
c)
innovation
d)
incipient
33.
Widespread destruction and devastation; chaos and disorder
a)
cataclysm
b)
eradication
c)
havoc
d)
hamper
34.
A very small piece; a small treat
a)
morsle
b)
bland
c)
morsel
d)
quaff
35.
Publicly expressed honor or respect
a)
homage
b)
accolade
c)
acolade
d)
adulation
36.
To support with evidence
a)
refute
b)
substaniate
c)
substantiate
d)
dupe
37.
A bringing or coming to an end; a halt
a)
ceasation
b)
cesation
c)
ceassation
d)
cessation
38.
To picture in the mind; to imagine
a)
foresee
b)
envision
c)
forsee
d)
behold
39.
Dedicated to unreachable goals; idealistic but not practical
a)
saturnine
b)
Pyrrhic victory
c)
quixotic
d)
quizotic
40.
A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages
a)
pigdin
b)
pidgin
c)
jargon
d)
pigeon
41.
Meant to trick; not straightforward; shifty; departing for the correct or accepted way; departing from the straight or direct course; roundabout
a)
devious
b)
gullible
c)
dupe
d)
duplicity
42.
Truthfulness or accuracy; conformity to fact or truth
a)
verasity
b)
veracity
c)
fallacy
d)
fallasy
43.
To assemble formally; to come together officially
a)
broach
b)
embark
c)
convene
d)
conveen
44.
A tribute; spoken or written praise, often given in honor of a person who has died
a)
eluogy
b)
eugloy
c)
youlowgee
d)
eulogy
45.
To draw a conclusion from evidence
a)
infer
b)
imply
c)
dissuade
d)
fallacy
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