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Book 3: Vocabulary Lesson 18

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(n.) the finest example

a)

apotheosis

b)

malfeasance

c)

proletariat

d)

specious

2.

(adj.) signaling favorable of promising results

a)

auspicious

b)

avuncular

c)

contiguous

d)

platonic

3.

(adj.) making contact or touching at some point

a)

contiguous

b)

auspicious

c)

inimitable

d)

prurient

4.

(adj.) causing to excite or inflame

a)

incendiary

b)

inimitable

c)

platonic

d)

prurient

5.

(adj.) cannot be imitated

a)

inimitable

b)

prurient

c)

specious

d)

vociferous

6.

(n.) poor conduct or wrongdoing, especially on the part of a public official

a)

malfeasance

b)

proletariat

c)

apotheosis

d)

prurient

7.

(adj.) marked by the absence of romance or physical attraction

a)

platonic

b)

prurient

c)

inimitable

d)

specious

8.

(v.) to speak in a pretentiously dignified or dogmatic way

a)

pontificate

b)

proletariat

c)

refractory

d)

platonic

9.

(adj.) working class; lower class

a)

proletariat

b)

apotheosis

c)

auspicious

d)

prurient

10.

(adj.) given to lustful or lewd thoughts

a)

prurient

b)

vociferous

c)

platonic

d)

contiguous

11.

(adj.) unmanageable or difficult to control; willful

a)

refractory

b)

auspicious

c)

avuncular

d)

incendiary

12.

(adj.) strongly held; not easy to separate

a)

tenacious

b)

specious

c)

vociferous

d)

contiguous

13.

(adj.) loud; marked by noise

a)

vociferous

b)

tenacious

c)

specious

d)

contiguous

14.

Root: mut (mutate)

a)

to change

b)

to work

c)

to bend

d)

to carry

15.

Root: oper (operate)

a)

to work

b)

to change

c)

to seek

d)

bend

16.

Root: pet (perpetuate)

a)

to seek / to go toward

b)

to work

c)

to change

d)

to carry

17.

Prefix: in- (injunction)

a)

against / not

b)

through / completely

c)

together

d)

upon / over / above

18.

Prefix: per- (perpetuate)

a)

through / completely

b)

together

c)

against / not

d)

down / off

19.

Prefix: com- (compatible)

a)

together

b)

against / not

c)

under /secretly

d)

out / from

20.

(n.) calmness; composure or cool self-possession

a)

sang-froid

b)

apotheosis

c)

proletariat

d)

malfeasance

21.

(v.) to whip; to lash

a)

flagellate

b)

pontificate

c)

inimitable

d)

platonic