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G9 Vocabulary 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A good teacher will _________________________the effort her students put into their work, even if those students struggle to comprehend material.

a)

gesticulate

b)

laud

c)

fabricate

d)

belabor

2.

When I got back way past curfew, my parents were at the door to _________________________ me with questions about where I’d been, who I’d been with, and what I’d been doing.

a)

gesticulate

b)

fabricate

c)

laud

d)

belabor

3.

My friend Annabelle is so _________________________that I could tell her the sky was red and she’d believe me.

a)

discreet

b)

gullible

c)

pretentious

d)

convivial

4.

Often, college freshmen are a bit too _________________________during their first semester away at school and end up failing their classes.

a)

discrete

b)

convivial

c)

pretentious

d)

bucolic

5.

The coach took a moment to _________________________ to the player on first base; we could see the movement from above and assumed he was telling the guy to stay where he was

a)

fabricate

b)

gesticulate

c)

laud

d)

belabor

6.

Sometimes people think they’re being _________________________when they try to plagiarize someone else’s work, but they’re usually easy to catch!

a)

discrete

b)

discreet

c)

convivial

d)

pretentious

7.

Oliver attempted to _________________________this whole excuse about how his sister was having a baby and his friend needed a bathroom really bad, but the officer saw through it all and gave him a speeding ticket.

a)

fabricate

b)

gesticulate

c)

laud

d)

belabor

8.

If you enjoy quaint little towns that make you feel as if you’re in a fairy tale, you should visit the _________________________ Tuscan countryside.

a)

discrete

b)

bucolic

c)

pretentious

d)

gullible

9.

These math equations are so _________________________; I can’t figure out how they relate to the rest of the unit at all.

a)

discreet

b)

discrete

c)

convivial

d)

pretentious

10.

Jim hated that fancy restaurant; the people there were so _________________________, trying to act as if they were rich and snobby, when he knew they were all just like him.

a)

pretentious

b)

bucolic

c)

discreet

d)

convivial

11.

Which word is a synonym for convivial?

a)

querulous

b)

jovial

c)

lethargic

d)

histrionic

12.

Which word is a synonym for gesticulate?

a)

signal

b)

assimilate

c)

ponder

d)

kindle

13.

Which word is a synonym for fabricate?

a)

contrive

b)

malign

c)

juxtapose

d)

interpret

14.

Which word is a synonym for bucolic?

a)

cavernous

b)

cosmopolitan

c)

urban

d)

idyllic

15.

Which word is a synonym for discreet?

a)

covert

b)

conspicuous

c)

somber

d)

pugnacious

16.

Which word is an antonym for discrete?

a)

diverse

b)

superfluous

c)

affiliated

d)

conniving

17.

Which word is an antonym for laud?

a)

extol

b)

chide

c)

admonish

d)

acclaim

18.

Which word is an antonym for pretentious?

a)

humble

b)

bogus

c)

pompous

d)

inane

19.

Which word is an antonym for belabor?

a)

overlook

b)

overwork

c)

undercut

d)

understand

20.

Which word is an antonym for gullible?

a)

astute

b)

naive

c)

credulous

d)

vacuous