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WorksheetsUnit 11 Amer Lit
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
ADJ Moderate, sparing, self-discipline
a)
abstemious
b)
gauche
c)
inculcate
d)
denizen
2.
ADJ deserving blame or correction
a)
censurable
b)
dowdy
c)
florid
d)
foist
3.
ADJ Likely but not certain to happen, possible
a)
contingent
b)
corroborate
c)
disseminate
d)
heresy
4.
VERB to confirm, make more certain OPPOSITE of refute
a)
corroborate
b)
salient
c)
sear
d)
pernicious
5.
NOUN an inhabitant, resident
a)
denizen
b)
palpable
c)
abstemious
d)
inculcate
6.
ADJ passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another
a)
discursive
b)
censurable
c)
heresy
d)
dowdy
7.
VERB to scatter or spread widely
a)
disseminate
b)
dowdy
c)
gauche
d)
contingent
8.
ADJ poorly dressed, shabby OPPOSITE of stylish
a)
dowdy
b)
pernicious
c)
perceptive
d)
specious
9.
ADJ highly colored; reddish; showy
a)
florid
b)
corroborate
c)
discursive
d)
satiate
10.
VERB to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine
a)
foist
b)
disseminate
c)
abstemious
d)
inculcate
11.
ADJ awkward, lacking in social graces OPPOSITE of tactful
a)
gauche
b)
perceptive
c)
pernicious
d)
specious
12.
NOUN an opinion different from accepted belief
a)
heresy
b)
denizen
c)
abstemious
d)
florid
13.
VERB to impress on the mind by repetition OPPOSITE of efface
a)
inculcate
b)
censurable
c)
corroborate
d)
discursive
14.
ADJ capable of being touched or felt
a)
palpable
b)
satiate
c)
salient
d)
sear
15.
ADJ having sympathetic insight or understanding OPPOSITE of dim-witted
a)
perceptive
b)
pernicious
c)
censurable
d)
gauche
16.
ADJ extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
a)
pernicious
b)
specious
c)
palpable
d)
salient
17.
ADJ leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent
a)
salient
b)
perceptive
c)
specious
d)
denizen
18.
VERB to satisfy completely; gratify
a)
satiate
b)
sear
c)
perceptive
d)
specious
19.
VERB to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch
a)
sear
b)
corroborate
c)
foist
d)
heresy
20.
ADJ deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
a)
specious
b)
abstemious
c)
censurablwe
d)
inculcate
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