WorksheetsChapter 3 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
1. In every religion, there are ____________________ hypocrites; they behave like saints when in public but are capable of very cruel acts.
insidious
stupor
sanctimonious
fidget
In order to purchase the last tickets for the concert, the boy ____________________ his way through the crowd.
jostled
fidgeted
gauged
stupored
Larry was fired for distributing ____________________ material about the company’s foreign labor practices; he wanted people to protest against the use of child labor.
seditious
prevaricate
delude
despicable
The criminal had created a(n) ____________________ website, designed to lure unsuspecting children into providing personal information.
stuporing
copiously
gauging
prevaricating
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.
sniveling
stupor
fidget
gauge
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.
stupor
gauge
fidget
seditious
Young children cannot sit still for long periods of time; they usually ____________________ a lot in their seats.
jostle
gauge
fidget
stupor
letting go is to _______________ as
fallacy; buying is to acquiring
impale; creating is to cooking
relinquishing; sunset is to beautiful
folly; resistance is to surrender
It rained ____________________ during the last few months of the year; there were many floods and landslides.
copiously
sanctimoniously
seditiously
insidiously
The basketball player loved the game _________________. His passion for the game was apparent in his style of play.
copiously
vehemently
seditiously
sanctimoniously
Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. The judges gauged the swimmer's time during the race.
adjective
verb
noun
adverb
Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. The player shot the ball copiously during the game.
verb
noun
adverb
adjective
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.
verb
noun
adverb
adjective
Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. During the class the student couldn't stop fidgeting.
verb
noun
adjective
adverb
Name the part of speech of the vocabulary word used in the following sentence. Hitler was truly a despicable dictator.
verb
noun
adjective
adverb
