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#1-20 Every High School Graduate Should Know

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to renounce or give up under oath; forswear

a)

abjure

b)

abrogate

c)

abstemious

d)

acumen

2.

repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

a)

abrogate

b)

answer

c)

acumen

d)

antebellum

3.

not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

a)

abstemious

b)

acumen

c)

antebellum

d)

anterior

4.

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

a)

acumen

b)

antebellum

c)

anticipate

d)

afterwords

5.

occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War

a)

antebellum

b)

answer

c)

auspicious

d)

belie

6.

conducive to success; favorable

a)

asupicious

b)

antebellum

c)

belie

d)

bellicose

7.

fail to give a true notion or impression; disguise or contradict

a)

belie

b)

bellicose

c)

bowdlerize

d)

chicanery

8.

demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

a)

bellicose

b)

beligerent

c)

bowderize

d)

befall

9.

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account)

a)

bowdlerize

b)

censor

c)

chicanery

d)

defend

10.

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

a)

chicanery

b)

belie

c)

befriend

d)

chromosome

11.

a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes

a)

chrosomosome

b)

caller ID

c)

churlish

d)

childish

12.

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

a)

churlish

b)

girlish

c)

circumlocation

d)

chill

13.

the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive

a)

circumlocation

b)

circumnavigate

c)

bah blah blah

d)

deciduous

14.

sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world)

a)

circumnavigate

b)

circumlocution

c)

circumspect

d)

inspect

15.

(of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually

a)

deciduous

b)

delete

c)

diffident

d)

deciding

16.

causing harm or damage

a)

deleterious

b)

different

c)

diffident

d)

enervate

17.

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

a)

diffident

b)

different

c)

disasterous

d)

denial

18.

cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken

a)

enervate

b)

evacuate

c)

secape

d)

enfranchise

19.

to give the right to vote to

a)

enfranchise

b)

disguise

c)

epiphany

d)

Tiffany

20.

the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, or a moment of sudden revelation or insight

a)

epiphany

b)

enfranshise

c)

enervate

d)

debate

21.

to renounce or give up under oath; forswear

a)

abjure

b)

abrogate

c)

abstemious

d)

acumen

22.

repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement)

a)

abrogate

b)

answer

c)

acumen

d)

antebellum

23.

not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking

a)

abstemious

b)

acumen

c)

antebellum

d)

anterior

24.

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain

a)

acumen

b)

antebellum

c)

anticipate

d)

afterwords

25.

occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War

a)

antebellum

b)

answer

c)

auspicious

d)

belie

26.

conducive to success; favorable

a)

asupicious

b)

antebellum

c)

belie

d)

bellicose

27.

fail to give a true notion or impression; disguise or contradict

a)

belie

b)

bellicose

c)

bowdlerize

d)

chicanery

28.

demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

a)

bellicose

b)

beligerent

c)

bowderize

d)

befall

29.

remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account)

a)

bowdlerize

b)

censor

c)

chicanery

d)

defend

30.

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

a)

chicanery

b)

belie

c)

befriend

d)

chromosome

31.

a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes

a)

chrosomosome

b)

caller id

c)

churlish

d)

childish

32.

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

a)

churlish

b)

girlish

c)

circumlocation

d)

chill

33.

the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive

a)

circumlocation

b)

circumnavigate

c)

bah blah blah

d)

deciduous

34.

sail or travel all the way around (something, especially the world)

a)

circumnavigate

b)

circumlocution

c)

circumspect

d)

inspect

35.

(of a tree or shrub) shedding its leaves annually

a)

deciduous

b)

delete

c)

diffident

d)

deciding

36.

causing harm or damage

a)

deleterious

b)

different

c)

diffident

d)

enervate

37.

modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

a)

diffident

b)

different

c)

disasterous

d)

denial

38.

cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken

a)

enervate

b)

evacuate

c)

secape

d)

enfranchise

39.

to give the right to vote to

a)

enfranchise

b)

disguise

c)

epiphany

d)

Tiffany

40.

the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi, or a moment of sudden revelation or insight

a)

epiphany

b)

enfranshise

c)

enervate

d)

debate