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Vocabulary #15

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The politician accused his opponent of _________ on the various issues that faced the country because the politician didn't stick to one position.

a)

placating

b)

vacillating

c)

depreciating

d)

acquiring

2.

If you are prodigal you might, ...

a)

play video games all night long and then sleep the whole next day.

b)

gossip incessantly with friends

c)

spend unnecessary amounts of money on unneeded items

d)

leave your items in various places, losing them often

3.

If you are working at a company, it's a good thing to be this so that you can be flexible and useful in many different roles. Perhaps you will even get a promotion!

a)

native

b)

despondent

c)

emphatic

d)

versatile

4.

Opposite of "precarious":

a)

stable

b)

shaky

c)

sullen

d)

smooth

5.

When you do care for someone, you are sympathetic, when you don't care you are are apathetic, when you know what it's like to be in the person's shoes, you are...

a)

copasetic

b)

empathetic

c)

frantic

d)

antithetical

6.

This image is a bit...

a)

despondent

b)

cohesive

c)

inquisitive

d)

ambiguous

7.

I don't know if you should buy that car off of the Internet. I am feeling a bit ___________.

a)

populous

b)

insatiable

c)

indomitable

d)

skeptical.

8.

If you have strong morals and principles, you have:

a)

apathy

b)

integrity

c)

pandemic

d)

derision

9.

I think you need to make your speech shorter. You need to _______ it.

a)

truncate

b)

succumb

c)

delete

d)

ornate

10.

Don't give in! Don't ________ to the pressure!

a)

deliberate

b)

dispute

c)

placate

d)

succumb