WorksheetsBook 3: Vocabulary Lesson 20
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
(adj.) sarcastic in mood, tone, or temper; harsh
acerbic
discursive
maladroit
tendentious
(adj.) having features of both sexes; suitable for both male and female
androgynous
discursive
extemporaneous
tendentious
(n.) someone who predicts future events according to omens
augur
diaspora
requiem
sinecure
(n.) a state of happiness or joy
beatitude
requiem
sinecure
augur
(n.) a dispersion of people from their homeland
diaspora
discursive
disseminate
intractable
(adj.) jumping from one topic to another without any order or reason
discursive
acerbic
extemporaneous
maladroit
(v.) to disperse or scatter
disseminate
traduce
augur
sinecure
(adj.) done without planning; spur of the moment; unexpected; makeshift
extemporaneous
acerbic
androgynous
discursive
(adj.) difficult to manipulate or govern
intractable
discursive
diaspora
maladroit
(adj.) not resourceful or cunning; inept
maladroit
discursive
acerbic
intractable
(adj.) prudent or shrewdly tactful
politic
tendentious
acerbic
augur
(n.) a religious service or song for the deceased
requiem
sinecure
beatitude
augur
(n.) a job that provides income but requires little or no work
sinecure
requiem
politic
maladroit
(adj.) biased in perspective; preferring one view over the other
tendentious
politic
maladroit
intractable
(v.) to slander someone's reputation
traduce
sinecure
disseminate
augur
Prefixes: neo- and nova- (neonatal / Nova Scotia)
new
rule/govern
out
off
Root: tort (contortionist)
to twist; to bend
rule/govern
to kill
to grow
Roots reg, rig, and rect (regulate / director
rule/govern
to kill
to grow
to be born
Roots cide and cis (pesticide / decisive)
to kill
to be born
to grow
to rule/govern
Root: nat (nativity)
to be born
to grow
to kill
to twist/to bend
Root: phy (physical)
to grow
to be born
to kill
to rule/govern
Prefix: ex- (explode)
out
off
new
into
Prefix: de- (defoliate)
off
out
under
new
