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G9 Vocabulary 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the archetypal rags-to-riches story, some poorer or lower-class character must learn the stuffy yet _________________________ ways and manners of the upper class.

a)

decorous

b)

amorous

c)

volatile

d)

discordant

2.

PTSD, from which many military members suffer upon return from battle, is often revealed in the sufferer’s _________________________ temperament.

a)

amorous

b)

incandescent

c)

volatile

d)

idyllic

3.

Though they never even kiss in the film or the novel, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have a famously _________________________ flirtation throughout Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

a)

incandescent

b)

expedited

c)

amorous

d)

discordant

4.

In New Zealand caves, the _________________________ display of glowworms, which cause threads of saliva to glisten like stars, is breathtaking.

a)

decorous

b)

incandescent

c)

idyllic

d)

volatile

5.

Ellen needed Jamie to _________________________ her alibi about being home sick that day, but Jamie didn’t like her and decided not to help her out.

a)

expedite

b)

corroborate

c)

juxtapose

d)

exasperate

6.

Oh my goodness—all your excuses about why you didn’t make it to my party are beginning to _________________________ me; just admit that you didn't want to come!

a)

corroborate

b)

exasperate

c)

juxtapose

d)

expedite

7.

I need to _________________________ this package so that it gets to my nephew for his birthday, which is tomorrow.

a)

corroborate

b)

juxtapose

c)

expedite

d)

exasperate

8.

The minute I entered the house and heard _________________________ voices speaking over one another in the kitchen, I knew my parents were arguing again.

a)

discordant

b)

idyllic

c)

amorous

d)

decorous

9.

Let’s _________________________ the positive and negative side-effects of this new over-the-counter drug; when you compare them, the bad effects outweigh the good.

a)

exasperate

b)

volatile

c)

juxtapose

d)

corroborate

10.

Copious people choose the _________________________ beauty of the countryside over the hectic city life when deciding where to go on vacation.

a)

idyllic

b)

incandescent

c)

amorous

d)

discordant

11.

Which word is a synonym for incandescent?

a)

somber

b)

dim

c)

obscure

d)

luminous

12.

Which word is a synonym for volatile?

a)

unstable

b)

sedate

c)

reliable

d)

uncompromising

13.

Which word is a synonym for corroborate?

a)

efface

b)

disprove

c)

verify

d)

invalidate

14.

Which word is a synonym for juxtapose?

a)

compare

b)

disseminate

c)

obliterate

d)

separate

15.

Which word is a synonym for amorous?

a)

nonchalant

b)

romantic

c)

scornful

d)

mocking

16.

Which word is an antonym for decorous?

a)

civilized

b)

uncouth

c)

tactful

d)

proprietous

17.

Which word is an antonym for idyllic?

a)

rugged

b)

peaceful

c)

metropolitan

d)

rural

18.

Which word is an antonym for exasperate?

a)

agitate

b)

nettle

c)

appease

d)

discomfit

19.

Which word is an antonym for discordant?

a)

harmonious

b)

jarring

c)

inconsistent

d)

oppressive

20.

Which word is an antonym for expedite?

a)

hinder

b)

facilitate

c)

provoke

d)

deliver