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Sem 2 Weeks14-19 Sentences

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Draco ____________ Harry with insults, hoping to start a fight.

a)

honed

b)

bolstered

c)

regaled

d)

goaded

2.

In the church pageant, I play the role of Greed __________.

a)

incarnate

b)

incorrigible

c)

precocious

d)

innocuous

3.

German Shepherds are known for the great _____ they show toward their masters.

a)

panacea

b)

fidelity

c)

kudos

d)

hedonism

4.

You can buy Grandma all of the nicotine gum you want, but she's _________; after 65 years of smoking, she has no interest in stopping.

a)

tenuous

b)

forlorn

c)

incorrigible

d)

curtail

5.

The girl's ________ reading of the poem bored the audience.

a)

prosaic

b)

profuse

c)

profane

d)

prorogue

6.

My grandfather's large and vicious guard dog _________ anyone from entering his yard.

a)

traversed

b)

precluded

c)

enshrouded

d)

reprieved

7.

Doogie Howser was so academically _____________ that he earned his medical degree by the age of 16.

a)

precocious

b)

bourgeois

c)

profane

d)

blithe

8.

The mature senior rolled her eyes at her little brother's _________ , gross-out humor.

a)

blatant

b)

plausible

c)

languid

d)

sophomoric

9.

Penelope's faithfulness to Odysseus required that she be __________ as she schemed to put off her many suitors.

a)

decorum

b)

dindicate

c)

stoic

d)

maudlin

10.

The reality of ____________mortgage payments turned my parent's dream home into a nightmare.

a)

onerous

b)

epicure

c)

lithe

d)

aloof

11.

11. The student's _______ expression convinced the P.E. teacher to call the school nurse for help.

a)

trite

b)

pallid

c)

odious

d)

pious

12.

12. A mother's love might not be a true ___________, but it's pretty close.

a)

hone

b)

livid

c)

panacea

d)

trite

13.

13. I asked Ray's girlfriend an ____________ question, but she took it the wrong way and became angry with me.

a)

innocuous

b)

reprehensible

c)

nomadic

d)

tedium

14.

14. When the ____________ king decided to compromise rather than send his soldiers to their certain death, he was applauded by all.

a)

saccharin

b)

jaundiced

c)

winsome

d)

judicious

15.

15. The interior designer admired my ____________ of the purple couch with the orange table.

a)

epicure

b)

decorum

c)

tome

d)

juxtaposition

16.

16. After the performance, the reviewers gave the dance troupe ________ for a job well done.

a)

KitKats

b)

kudos

c)

posterity

d)

juxtoposition

17.

17. The people in my family are born with a ___________ for hard work.

a)

proclivity

b)

odious

c)

incorrigible

d)

stoic

18.

18. Jacob's _____ act of dumping frogs into the holy water in the chapel as his boarding school resulted in his expulsion.

a)

pious

b)

profane

c)

prosaic

d)

stoic

19.
19. When she spilled red wine on the bride's dress, my cousin offered ___________ apologies. 
a)
odious
b)
lackluster
c)
profuse
d)
clandestine
20.

20. The U.S. Senate's criticism was seen as interference in China's _____ affairs.

a)

sovereign

b)

sacrosanct

c)

verbose

d)

boorish

21.

It's rather _______________ to offer advice when your opinion hasn't been sought.

a)

forlorn

b)

presumptuous

c)

incessant

d)

forlorn

e)

abridge

22.

The children wanted to go outside and play, but the ______ rain kept them indoors for two days.

a)

forlorn

b)

presumptuous

c)

incessant

d)

frenetic

e)

abridge

23.

Because the English language is so large, most dictionaries are _____________.

a)

forlorn

b)

presumptuous

c)

incessant

d)

frenetic

e)

abridge

24.

The _________ buzz of New York City is exhilarating to some, but exhausting to others.

a)

forlorn

b)

presumptuous

c)

incessant

d)

frenetic

e)

abridge

25.

The puppy at the shelter looked so ___________ that I adopted him without even consulting my husband.

a)

forlorn

b)

presumptuous

c)

incessant

d)

frenetic

e)

abridge

26.

Although many women enjoy romantic comedies, I usually find them __________ and slightly insulting

a)

orthodox

b)

maudlin

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

27.

Carla is paid a _____________ for the amount of work she does at her family's restaurant.

a)

maudlin

b)

orthodox

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

e)

pitance

28.

The nanny, who could no longer stand the child's ________________, resigned.

a)

maudlin

b)

orthodox

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

e)

pitance

29.

My cousin believes solely in natural remedies, but I prefer more _____________medical treatments.

a)

maudlin

b)

orthodox

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

e)

pitance

30.

Carla is paid a _____________ for the amount of work she does at her family's restaurant.

a)

maudlin

b)

orthodox

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

e)

pitance

31.

I find California beach homes with Roman Columns on them to be __________________.

a)

maudlin

b)

orthodox

c)

ostentatious

d)

petulance

e)

pitance