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Book 3: Vocabulary Lesson 20

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(adj.) sarcastic in mood, tone, or temper; harsh

a)

acerbic

b)

discursive

c)

maladroit

d)

tendentious

2.

(adj.) having features of both sexes; suitable for both male and female

a)

androgynous

b)

discursive

c)

extemporaneous

d)

tendentious

3.

(n.) someone who predicts future events according to omens

a)

augur

b)

diaspora

c)

requiem

d)

sinecure

4.

(n.) a state of happiness or joy

a)

beatitude

b)

requiem

c)

sinecure

d)

augur

5.

(n.) a dispersion of people from their homeland

a)

diaspora

b)

discursive

c)

disseminate

d)

intractable

6.

(adj.) jumping from one topic to another without any order or reason

a)

discursive

b)

acerbic

c)

extemporaneous

d)

maladroit

7.

(v.) to disperse or scatter

a)

disseminate

b)

traduce

c)

augur

d)

sinecure

8.

(adj.) done without planning; spur of the moment; unexpected; makeshift

a)

extemporaneous

b)

acerbic

c)

androgynous

d)

discursive

9.

(adj.) difficult to manipulate or govern

a)

intractable

b)

discursive

c)

diaspora

d)

maladroit

10.

(adj.) not resourceful or cunning; inept

a)

maladroit

b)

discursive

c)

acerbic

d)

intractable

11.

(adj.) prudent or shrewdly tactful

a)

politic

b)

tendentious

c)

acerbic

d)

augur

12.

(n.) a religious service or song for the deceased

a)

requiem

b)

sinecure

c)

beatitude

d)

augur

13.

(n.) a job that provides income but requires little or no work

a)

sinecure

b)

requiem

c)

politic

d)

maladroit

14.

(adj.) biased in perspective; preferring one view over the other

a)

tendentious

b)

politic

c)

maladroit

d)

intractable

15.

(v.) to slander someone's reputation

a)

traduce

b)

sinecure

c)

disseminate

d)

augur

16.

Prefixes: neo- and nova- (neonatal / Nova Scotia)

a)

new

b)

rule/govern

c)

out

d)

off

17.

Root: tort (contortionist)

a)

to twist; to bend

b)

rule/govern

c)

to kill

d)

to grow

18.

Roots reg, rig, and rect (regulate / director

a)

rule/govern

b)

to kill

c)

to grow

d)

to be born

19.

Roots cide and cis (pesticide / decisive)

a)

to kill

b)

to be born

c)

to grow

d)

to rule/govern

20.

Root: nat (nativity)

a)

to be born

b)

to grow

c)

to kill

d)

to twist/to bend

21.

Root: phy (physical)

a)

to grow

b)

to be born

c)

to kill

d)

to rule/govern

22.

Prefix: ex- (explode)

a)

out

b)

off

c)

new

d)

into

23.

Prefix: de- (defoliate)

a)

off

b)

out

c)

under

d)

new