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7C ACADEMIC VOCABULARY #3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The teacher_________________________ books and supplies to each student on the first day of school.

a)

amass

b)

allotted

c)

audacious

d)

comply

2.

The audience cheered the________________________ feats of the trapeze artists.

a)

incapacitate

b)

grapple

c)

devoid

d)

audacious

3.

A prudent investor can___________________________ a fortune in the stock market over the long run.

a)

longevity

b)

instigate

c)

amass

d)

allot

4.

Employees who fail to _______________________ with a company’s rules may lose their jobs.

a)

willful

b)

comply

c)

tether

d)

myraid

5.

Each year, the social _______________________of the community sponsors several events to benefit local charities.

a)

elite

b)

devoid

c)

unison

d)

vie

6.

The old well on my grandparents’ property has long be_______________________ of water.

a)

skittish

b)

relevant

c)

devoid

d)

prodigious

7.

A ship equipped with_____________________________may be used to recover large pieces of wreckage from the ocean floor.

a)

elite

b)

longevity

c)

relevant

d)

grapples

8.

Store employees_________________________ with the thieves and held them until the police arrived.

a)

prodigious

b)

grappled

c)

willful

d)

unison

9.

In the 1940s and 1950s, polio _________________________many thousands of people each year all over the world.

a)

incapacitated

b)

allot

c)

audacious

d)

amass

10.

Several demonstrators in the angry crowd did their best to ____________________________ a riot.

a)

tether

b)

vie

c)

instigate

d)

perspective

11.

The designs for the children’s playhouse were drawn to scale and in the right________________________ .

a)

perspective

b)

myriad

c)

longevity

d)

amass

12.

Scientists continue to make new discoveries in their studies of the________________________ life-forms of the jungle.

a)

grapple

b)

comply

c)

myriad

d)

perturb

13.

The sea turtle is known for its ______________________ .

a)

longevity

b)

comply

c)

amass

d)

elite

14.

The rude and disruptive behavior of several party guests_______________________ the host and hostess.

a)

willful

b)

unison

c)

perturbed

d)

longevity

15.

Few intellects have rivaled the_______________________ mind of Albert Einstein.

a)

audacious

b)

incapacitate

c)

prodigious

d)

relevant

16.

I found several Web sites that provided information to the topic of my research paper.

a)

skittish

b)

perspective

c)

myriad

d)

relevant

17.

Only an experienced and confident rider should mount a __________________ horse.

a)

skittish

b)

unison

c)

vie

d)

willful

18.

Some young people find it difficult to break the emotional and financial______________________ that bind them to their parents.

a)

allot

b)

instigate

c)

tether

d)

longevity

19.

The members of ours new student orchestra need to practice playing in ________________________.

a)

perspective

b)

prodigious

c)

unison

d)

audacious

20.

Many actors ________________________ for the leading role in the famous director’s new film.

a)

elite

b)

unison

c)

devoid

d)

vied