WorksheetsHonors Vocabulary Weeks 1 & 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This noun is a figure of speech comparing two unalike things without using "like" or "as".
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
allusion
2.
If you are "offensively bold or rude", someone might call you...
a)
impertinent
b)
cower
c)
nuisance
d)
deign
3.
This verb means to crouch or draw back from fear or pain.
a)
impertinent
b)
chronology
c)
nuisance
d)
cower
4.
If your sibling is annoying you, you might say, "Stop being a ____________."
a)
hoodwink
b)
deign
c)
nuisance
d)
quarantine
5.
The time order in which events occur.
a)
bamboozle
b)
chronology
c)
impertinent
d)
quarantine
6.
This verb means to deceive or hoodwink someone.
a)
quarantine
b)
bamboozle
c)
metaphor
d)
cower
7.
"You want me to take out the garbage? You must be joking," grumbled Tula. "I would never ______ to touch that nasty trash."
a)
deign
b)
bamboozle
c)
cower
d)
quarantine
8.
A strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
a)
impertinent
b)
freedom
c)
bamboozle
d)
quarantine
9.
Which is the metaphor?
a)
Nellie is nice now that she knows my name.
b)
Nellie's cheeks were like roses.
c)
Nellie's cheeks were roses.
d)
Nellie's cheeks are as round as planet Earth.
10.
Freedom is to quarantine as clarify is to __________.
a)
explain
b)
bamboozle
c)
separation
d)
ill-mannered
11.
The cost of chocolate is ________ to our conversation about skateboard gear.
a)
seclusion
b)
bewilder
c)
relevant
d)
impertinent
12.
After the Socs attacked Johnny, he ________ in fear.
a)
deigned
b)
faced
c)
bamboozled
d)
cowered
13.
This noun is defined as "a source of inconvenience or annoyance; an irritant".
a)
nuisance
b)
explanation
c)
deign
d)
quarantine
14.
A timeline, calendar, and agenda all track the ___________ of events.
a)
separation
b)
relevance
c)
bamboozle
d)
chronology
15.
The deceptive salesman attempted to _________ my sister when she purchased her first car, but she wasn't duped.
a)
nuisance
b)
bamboozle
c)
deign
d)
cower
16.
To do something that one considers beneath one's dignity; to degrade or lower one's self.
a)
cringe
b)
hoodwink
c)
seclusion
d)
deign
17.
On college campuses across the nation, students with mumps are being _________ to prevent the spread of this disease.
a)
bamboozled
b)
quarantined
c)
cowered
d)
deigned
18.
Deign is to demean as irritant is to ________.
a)
condescend
b)
quarantine
c)
nuisance
d)
seclusion
19.
Which word is NOT a synonym for bamboozle?
a)
explain
b)
deceive
c)
bewilder
d)
hoodwink
20.
Which two words are antonyms for impertinent?
a)
courteous, rude
b)
relevant, unrelated
c)
ill-mannered, rude
d)
courteous, respectful
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