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Book 4: Vocabulary Lesson 18

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(adj.) increasing or growing by adding to

a)

cumulative

b)

superfluous

c)

venial

d)

vituperative

2.

(n.) a thrill, excitement or great happiness

a)

exhilaration

b)

impunity

c)

propriety

d)

surfeit

3.

(v.) to free or release from a difficulty or entanglement

a)

extricate

b)

satiate

c)

surfeit

d)

goad

4.

(n.) something that encourages, urges or drives, a stimulus; (v.) to encourage or urge a person or animal to do something

a)

goad

b)

extricate

c)

pundit

d)

surfeit

5.

(n.) freedom from punishment, loss or harm

a)

impunity

b)

propriety

c)

exhilaration

d)

pundit

6.

(adj.) easily bent; supple

a)

lithe

b)

surfeit

c)

trite

d)

venial

7.

(adj.) deeply and emotionally affecting, very touching

a)

poignant

b)

propriety

c)

vituperative

d)

superfluous

8.

(n.) accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles

a)

propriety

b)

exhilaration

c)

goad

d)

impunity

9.

(n.) a source of opinion; a critic

a)

pundit

b)

surfeit

c)

propriety

d)

impunity

10.

(v.) to satisfy to the full

a)

satiate

b)

extricate

c)

goad

d)

surfeit

11.

(adj.) unnecessarily more than is needed

a)

superfluous

b)

vituperative

c)

venial

d)

poignant

12.

(n.) an excessive overindulgence, as in eating or drinking

a)

surfeit

b)

pundit

c)

propriety

d)

impunity

13.

(adj.) made commonplace by frequent repetition

a)

trite

b)

venial

c)

lithe

d)

cumulative

14.

(adj.) capable of being forgiven

a)

venial

b)

trite

c)

surfeit

d)

lithe

15.

(adj.) harshly abusive or severely scorning

a)

vituperative

b)

superfluous

c)

cumulative

d)

poignant

16.

Prefix: pro- (propel)

a)

for

b)

down

c)

across

d)

forward

17.

Prefix: in- (incognito)

a)

not

b)

down

c)

across

d)

away

18.

Prefix: de- (decline)

a)

down

b)

not

c)

forward

d)

across

19.

Roots: mov and mot (movable / emote)

a)

to move

b)

to do / to drive

c)

to send

d)

to fold / to bend

20.

Roots: ag and act (agility / interaction)

a)

to do / drive

b)

to move

c)

send

d)

lead