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Vocabulary 9

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

gloomy, bad tempered

a)

impious

b)

sacrosanct

c)

mores

d)

morose

e)

amoral

2.

done without planning

a)

temporal

b)

extemporaneous

c)

demurred

d)

chronicled

e)

synchronized

3.

to make up for wrong doing

a)

adjudicate

b)

consecrate

c)

conspire

d)

transpire

e)

expiate

4.

movement from one place to another

a)

psyche

b)

intercession

c)

succor

d)

perpetuity

e)

segue

5.

lacking respect for what should be worshiped

a)

execrable

b)

impious

c)

concurrent

d)

morose

e)

sacrosanct

6.

to take place; to happen

a)

transpire

b)

concord

c)

aspire

d)

discord

e)

conspire

7.

to set apart as holy; to give up to a purpose

a)

perpetuate

b)

adjudicate

c)

expiate

d)

succor

e)

consecrate

8.

having to do with finite time or everyday life

a)

anachronistic

b)

diurnal

c)

sojourning

d)

temporizing

e)

temporal

9.

having or showing good judgement

a)

sacrosanct

b)

judicious

c)

execrable

d)

morose

e)

impious

10.

a time period lasting through the ages; eternity

a)

intercession

b)

perpetuity

c)

succor

d)

discourse

e)

concession

11.

very bad; hateful

a)

morose

b)

amoral

c)

impious

d)

execrable

e)

obsequious

12.

to plan together secretly

a)

demur

b)

temporize

c)

aspire

d)

conspire

e)

transpire

13.

to settle a dispute or argument

a)

adjudicate

b)

consecrate

c)

segue

d)

expiate

e)

succor

14.

timid or cowardly; not brave

a)

psychosomatic

b)

transpiring

c)

animadversion

d)

discordant

e)

pusillanimous

15.

so sacred or revered as to be off-limits

a)

judicious

b)

amoral

c)

morose

d)

sacrosanct

e)

impious

16.

to ask or plead with on behalf of another

a)

concede

b)

succor

c)

perpetuate

d)

intercede

e)

ensue

17.

not concerned about morality

a)

expiated

b)

sacrosanct

c)

amoral

d)

execrable

e)

judicious

18.

to agree in an opinion or decision

a)

perpetuate

b)

ensue

c)

succor

d)

concur

e)

segue

19.

happening at the same time as

a)

temporal

b)

synchronous

c)

demurring

d)

adjourning

e)

contextual

20.

attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they are followed like laws

a)

psyches

b)

consecrations

c)

concessions

d)

mores

e)

segues

21.

The judge suggested she _____ her crimes by doing community service, but she did it with a _____ disposition.

a)

consecrate...morose

b)

adjudicate...sacrosanct

c)

expiate...sacrosanct

d)

expiate...morose

e)

adjudicate...impious

22.

The Dean of Students asked Macy to be on the campus appeals board because of her ___ nature and amiable personality.

a)

impious

b)

judicious

c)

amoral

d)

morose

e)

sacrosanct

23.

The emblem on the floor in the main lobby was considered ______, so no one ever dared to walk on it.

a)

sacrosanct

b)

morose

c)

judicious

d)

expiated

e)

impious

24.

Religious zealots protested that turning the abandoned church into a nightclub was both ____ and inexcusable.

a)

judicious

b)

amoral

c)

consecrated

d)

expiated

e)

morose

25.

For not bowing to the Queen, Veronica was criticized by the media as being ______ and undeserving of the title of Lady.

a)

impious

b)

sacrosanct

c)

expiated

d)

consecrated

e)

adjudacated