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Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

tremendous in size, strength, difficulty, or effort

a)

herculean

b)

pander

c)

pandemonium

d)

bowdlerize

2.

remove or change parts considered rude or immoral

a)

quixotic

b)

pander

c)

bowdlerize

d)

cynical

3.

utter confusion or random uproar

a)

vociferous

b)

pandemonium

c)

avocation

d)

stoical

4.

play up to another's desires and weaknesses

a)

irrevocable

b)

impede

c)

stigma

d)

pander

5.

idealistic but not practical

a)

stigma

b)

avocation

c)

quixotic

d)

herculean

6.

doubting the good and sincerity of human motives

a)

cynical

b)

quixotic

c)

evocative

d)

stigma

7.

hinder, obstruct, slow down the process of

a)

expedite

b)

pander

c)

impede

d)

equivocate

8.

indifferent to pain or pleasure

a)

pandemonium

b)

cynical

c)

bowdlerize

d)

stoical

9.

mark of disgrace

a)

stigma

b)

avocation

c)

pandemonium

d)

stoical

10.

hinder, obstruct, slow down the process of

a)

quixotic

b)

herculean

c)

impede

d)

equivocate

11.

speed up, hasten or help the accomplishment of

a)

stigma

b)

bowdlerize

c)

pander

d)

expedite

12.

noisy; loudly insistent

a)

vociferous

b)

cynical

c)

pander

d)

stoical

13.

calling up, producing; suggestive

a)

evocative

b)

expedite

c)

cynical

d)

bowdlerize

14.

hobby

a)

stigma

b)

avocation

c)

impede

d)

pander

15.

unable to be called back or undone; unchangeable

a)

equivocate

b)

cynical

c)

herculean

d)

irrevocable

16.

use words ambiguously or unclearly, usually in order to mislead

a)

herculean

b)

equivocate

c)

quixotic

d)

vociferous