WorksheetsBowlin and Cox Vocabulary
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Something unusual
a)
aberration
b)
aloof
c)
catalyst
d)
acquiesce
2.
Unfriendly; distant
a)
aloof
b)
catalyst
c)
acquiesce
d)
austere
3.
Beginning of a chain reaction
a)
catalyst
b)
acquiesce
c)
austere
d)
chagrin
4.
Comply unwillingly
a)
acquiesce
b)
austere
c)
chagrin
d)
aesthetic
5.
Simple; plain; severe
a)
austere
b)
chagrin
c)
aesthetic
d)
bereft
6.
Embarrassed by failure
a)
chagrin
b)
aesthetic
c)
bereft
d)
copious
7.
Relating to beauty
a)
aesthetic
b)
bereft
c)
copious
d)
affinity
8.
Without something needed or wanted
a)
bereft
b)
copious
c)
affinity
d)
capitulate
9.
A lot
a)
copious
b)
affinity
c)
capitulate
d)
crass
10.
Love or fondness for
a)
affinity
b)
capitulate
c)
crass
d)
delineate
11.
Accepting defeat
a)
capitulate
b)
crass
c)
delineate
d)
diffuse
12.
Insensitive; inappropriate
a)
crass
b)
delineate
c)
diffuse
d)
efficacious
13.
To explain; outline; describe accurately
a)
delineate
b)
diffuse
c)
efficacious
d)
demagogue
14.
Pour out; disperse
a)
diffuse
b)
efficacious
c)
demagogue
d)
docile
15.
Effective
a)
efficacious
b)
demagogue
c)
docile
d)
evanescent
16.
Leader who manipulates emotions and prejudices
a)
demagogue
b)
docile
c)
evanescent
d)
demur
17.
Tame
a)
docile
b)
evanescent
c)
demur
d)
exacerbate
18.
Fading or disappearing
a)
evanescent
b)
demur
c)
exacerbate
d)
deprecate
19.
Hesitate
a)
demur
b)
exacerbate
c)
deprecate
d)
exonerate
20.
To make worse
a)
exacerbate
b)
deprecate
c)
exonerate
d)
aberration
21.
To express disapproval
a)
deprecate
b)
exonerate
c)
aberration
d)
aloof
22.
To clear of guilt or blame
a)
exonerate
b)
aberration
c)
aloof
d)
catalyst
23.
to remove or free
a)
extricate
b)
fallacious
c)
exacerbate
d)
exonerat e
24.
misleading or tending to deceive
a)
extricate
b)
fallacious
c)
exacerbate
d)
exonerate
25.
Ineffective; without care or responsibility
a)
feckless
b)
flagrant
c)
fallacious
d)
efficacious
26.
Scandalous; shocking
a)
feckless
b)
efficacious
c)
fallacious
d)
flagrant
27.
Lucky; happening by chance
a)
efficacious
b)
fallacious
c)
fortuitous
d)
feckless
28.
Trickery; deceiving
a)
fortuitous
b)
guile
c)
feckless
d)
flagrant
29.
Impossible to affect
a)
imprecation
b)
impervious
c)
guile
d)
fortuitous
30.
A curse
a)
impervious
b)
imprecation
c)
feckless
d)
guile
31.
Having good judgment
a)
judicious
b)
loquacious
c)
guile
d)
feckless
32.
Talking excessively
a)
guile
b)
feckless
c)
imprecation
d)
loquacious
33.
Clumsy; awkward
a)
maladroit
b)
lugubrious
c)
loquacious
d)
phlegmatic
34.
Sad
a)
judicious
b)
impervious
c)
lugubrious
d)
loquacious
35.
Unemotional; dull
a)
phlegmatic
b)
maladroit
c)
inane
d)
lugubrious
36.
Foolish or silly
a)
inane
b)
lugubrious
c)
maladroit
d)
phlegmatic
37.
Gloomy; very sad
a)
morose
b)
negligible
c)
phlegmatic
d)
impervious
38.
Unimportant
a)
morose
b)
negligible
c)
demur
d)
exonerate
39.
Puzzling situation
a)
placate
b)
quandary
c)
philanthropic
d)
proclivity
40.
eager to fight
a)
quandary
b)
pugnacious
c)
petulant
d)
placate
41.
Hatred
a)
placate
b)
rancor
c)
proclivity
d)
quandary
42.
Separate; isolate
a)
rancor
b)
placate
c)
proclivity
d)
sequester
43.
Optimistic; positive; red
a)
sanguine
b)
sagacity
c)
placate
d)
pretentious
44.
Shrewdness; intelligence; discernment
a)
sanguine
b)
sagacity
c)
rancor
d)
sequester
45.
Happy chance
a)
sanguine
b)
sagacity
c)
serendipity
d)
scrutinize
46.
Examine closely
a)
sanguine
b)
sagacity
c)
serendipity
d)
scrutinize
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