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Vocab Upchurch Summer school

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Uncommunicative

a)

Accost

b)

Intrepid

c)

rudimentary

d)

reticent

2.

enthusiastic

a)

vigilant

b)

avid

c)

pretext

d)

reticent

3.

alert

a)

furtive

b)

plethora

c)

vigilant

d)

laconic

4.

overabundance

a)

enhance

b)

plethora

c)

rudimentary

d)

throng

5.

courageous

a)

fabricate

b)

irate

c)

nuance

d)

intrepid

6.

to greet first

a)

accost

b)

adroit

c)

enhance

d)

hapless

7.

an excuse

a)

nuance

b)

pretext

c)

furtive

d)

gesticulate

8.

unlucky

a)

irate

b)

laconic

c)

cajole

d)

hapless

9.

angry

a)

irate

b)

vigilant

c)

felon

d)

adroit

10.

criminal

a)

cajole

b)

avid

c)

felon

d)

throng

11.

basic, elementary

a)

rudimentary

b)

pretext

c)

plethora

d)

laconic

12.

clever

a)

gesticulate

b)

irate

c)

adroit

d)

reticent

13.

to make up a lie

a)

fabricate

b)

furtive

c)

nuance

d)

irate

14.

great number of people

a)

plethora

b)

accost

c)

hapless

d)

throng

15.

concise, plithy

a)

enhance

b)

pretext

c)

laconic

d)

intrepid

16.

to use lively gestures

a)

enhance

b)

gesticulate

c)

cajole

d)

felon

17.

shade of difference

a)

nuance

b)

throng

c)

vigilant

d)

intrepid

18.

sly

a)

hapless

b)

furtive

c)

enhance

d)

throng

19.

coax, wheedle

a)

cajole

b)

reticent

c)

adroit

d)

fabricate

20.

to make greater

a)

irate

b)

fabricate

c)

enhance

d)

gesticulate

21.

Idiom definitioin: an expensive conquest

a)

the sword of Damocles

b)

Pyrrhic victory

c)

a wet blanket

d)

to beard the lion

22.

Idiom definition: spoilsport

a)

to beard the loin

b)

the sword of Damocles

c)

a wet blanket

d)

Pyrrhic victory

23.

Idiom definition: defy an opponent in his home

a)

Pyrrhic victory

b)

The sword of Damocles

c)

to beard the lion

d)

a wet blanket

24.

Idiom definition: any threatening danger

a)

Pyrrhic victory

b)

a wet blanket

c)

to beard the lion

d)

the sword of Damocles

25.

to be completely soaked in something

a)

abound

b)

steeped

c)

eminent

d)

compound

26.

to be able to tell what will happen in the future

a)

perceive

b)

replete

c)

prognosticate

d)

realm

27.

someone's special field

a)

realm

b)

paradox

c)

badger

d)

annals

28.

to continually nag

a)

technology

b)

matron

c)

automaton

d)

badger

29.

carelessly chosen

a)

drudgery

b)

indiscriminate

c)

implore

d)

tinge

30.

related to science of engineering

a)

interminable

b)

paradox

c)

perceive

d)

technology

31.

to add to

a)

compound

b)

matron

c)

annals

d)

abound

32.

beg for assistance

a)

implore

b)

badger

c)

drudgery

d)

eminent

33.

of outstanding reputation

a)

replete

b)

steeped

c)

eminent

d)

automaton

34.

a mature woman

a)

paradox

b)

matron

c)

abound

d)

badger

35.

small amount of

a)

tinge

b)

prognosticate

c)

implore

d)

annals

36.

dull, difficult work

a)

interminable

b)

drudgery

c)

realm

d)

tinge

37.

desiring huge amounts

a)

voracious

b)

tinge

c)

interminable

d)

steeped

38.

existing in great number

a)

abound

b)

compound

c)

technology

d)

voracious

39.

historical records

a)

automaton

b)

badger

c)

tinge

d)

annals

40.

to come to have an understanding of

a)

matron

b)

perceive

c)

technology

d)

replete

41.

completely filled with

a)

replete

b)

steeped

c)

eminent

d)

paradox

42.

machine that behaves like a person

a)

drudgery

b)

matron

c)

interminable

d)

automaton

43.

seemingly self-contradictory

a)

realm

b)

paradox

c)

implore

d)

indiscriminate

44.

unending

a)

badger

b)

interminable

c)

voracious

d)

tinge

45.

Idiom definition: a blind item; poor purchase

a)

a pig in a poke

b)

to eat humble pie

c)

to pour oil on troubled waters

d)

a flash in the pan

46.

Idiom definition: admit to defeat

a)

a flash in the pan

b)

a pig in a poke

c)

to eat humble pie

d)

to pour oil on troubled waters

47.

Idiom definition: a star today, a flop tomorrow

a)

a pig in a poke

b)

to eat humble pie

c)

to pour oil on troubled waters

d)

a flash in a pan

48.

Idiom definition: to try to make peace

a)

to pour oil on troubled waters

b)

a pig in a poke

c)

to eat humble pie

d)

a flash in a pan