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Chapter 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. In every religion, there are ____________________ hypocrites; they behave like saints when in public but are capable of very cruel acts.

a)

insidious

b)

stupor

c)

sanctimonious

d)

fidget

2.

In order to purchase the last tickets for the concert, the boy ____________________ his way through the crowd.

a)

jostled

b)

fidgeted

c)

gauged

d)

stupored

3.

Larry was fired for distributing ____________________ material about the company’s foreign labor practices; he wanted people to protest against the use of child labor.

a)

seditious

b)

prevaricate

c)

delude

d)

despicable

4.

The criminal had created a(n) ____________________ website, designed to lure unsuspecting children into providing personal information.

a)

stuporing

b)

copiously

c)

gauging

d)

prevaricating

5.

After the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers, people were walking around in a____________________; most could not make sense of the tragedy that had just occurred.

a)

sniveling

b)

stupor

c)

fidget

d)

gauge

6.

Winston was trying to ____________________ how long he had been inside the Ministry of Love, but he could not determine if it had been days or months.

a)

stupor

b)

gauge

c)

fidget

d)

seditious

7.

Young children cannot sit still for long periods of time; they usually ____________________ a lot in their seats.

a)

jostle

b)

gauge

c)

fidget

d)

stupor

8.

letting go is to _______________ as

a)

fallacy; buying is to acquiring

b)

impale; creating is to cooking

c)

relinquishing; sunset is to beautiful

d)

folly; resistance is to surrender

9.

It rained ____________________ during the last few months of the year; there were many floods and landslides.

a)

copiously

b)

sanctimoniously

c)

seditiously

d)

insidiously

10.

The basketball player loved the game _________________. His passion for the game was apparent in his style of play.

a)

copiously

b)

vehemently

c)

seditiously

d)

sanctimoniously

11.

Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. The judges gauged the swimmer's time during the race.

a)

adjective

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

adverb

12.

Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. The player shot the ball copiously during the game.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

13.

Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. The government had the most insidious plan in order to trick their citizens.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adverb

d)

adjective

14.

Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. During the class the student couldn't stop fidgeting.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

15.

Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. Hitler was truly a despicable dictator.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb