WorksheetsEnglish 11 Lesson 7 Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word UPHEAVAL?
Esperanza seems jumpy today, as though she's expecting bad news.
The 1910 Revolution brought enormous political and social changes to Mexico.
It requires effort to bring the north poles of two magnets together.
Dark clouds appeared before the storm hit.
Catherine _____ his invitation with a curt refusal.
undulated
careened
correlated
repulsed
caused by or having to do with earthquakes; having powerful and widespread effects
seismic
frenetic
kinetic
recondite
Pilar began to feel ill from driving on the steep _____ of the country road.
upheavals
undulations
archipelagos
repulsions
a body of water containing a large number of islands; a large group of islands
archipelago
undulation
cavalier
upheaval
recondite
showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant
wildly excited; frantic
the history of a word
abstruse; difficult to understand
During World War II, carpet bombing _____ Dresden and its environs.
correlated
pulverized
careened
presaged
Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word CAVALIER?
The phone rang almost without stopping for four hours this morning.
The roof had been securely repaired.
Deborah was dismissed from the firm after much deliberation.
The manager brushed aside my complaint and kept walking right past me.
presage
to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance
to rush with a swerving motion
to cause to tip to one side
to repel; drive back
The summer cottages are _____ to the beach and less than a mile from the downtown area.
frenetic
contiguous
recondite
correlated
relating to motion
seismic
frenetic
recondite
kinetic
The study _____ the exposure to certain plastics with an increase in cancer cases.
presaged
correlated
repulsed
pulverized
frenetic
having a wavelike appearance or motion
the history of a word
relating to motion
wildly excited; frantic
The _____ of many English words reveals the language's close ties to ancient Latin.
etymology
recondite
correlation
cavalier
to rush headlong, often with a swerving motion; to cause to lean or tip to one side (as a ship)
repulse
kinetic
pulverize
careen
