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D: Unit 1 Test 1

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the SYNONYM of warn

a)

admonish

b)

predispose

c)

efface

d)

deadlock

2.

Find the SYNONYM of rambling:

a)

breach

b)

dilemma

c)

diffuse

d)

brigand

3.

Find the SYNONYM of make susceptible to:

a)

cumbersome

b)

perennial

c)

predispose

d)

diffuse

4.

Find the SYNONYM of worn away:

a)

predisposed

b)

effaced

c)

salvaged

d)

deadlocked

5.

Find the SYNONYM of uncontrolled:

a)

unbridled

b)

perennials

c)

debris

d)

diffused

6.

Find the SYNONYM of awkward:

a)

spurious

b)

opinionated

c)

breach

d)

cumbersome

7.

Find the SYNONYM of thieves:

a)

brigands

b)

deadlock

c)

salvage

d)

debris

8.

Find the SYNONYM of stalemate:

a)

predispose

b)

deadlock

c)

efface

d)

breach

9.

Find the SYNONYM of rescue:

a)

salvage

b)

dilemma

c)

brigand

d)

cumbersome

10.

Find the SYNONYM of rubble:

a)

perennial

b)

debris

c)

diffuse

d)

predispose

11.

Find the ANTONYM of tidiness:

a)

predispose

b)

cumbersome

c)

muddle

d)

opinionated

12.

Find the ANTONYM of abandon:

a)

salvage

b)

opinionated

c)

brigand

d)

commandeer

13.

Find the ANTONYM of preserve:

a)

breach

b)

efface

c)

admonish

d)

spurious

14.

Find the ANTONYM of retained:

a)

debris

b)

effaced

c)

relinquished

d)

predisposed

15.

Find the ANTONYM of commended:

a)

deadlocked

b)

breached

c)

dilemma

d)

admonished

16.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

admonish

b)

diffuse

c)

muddle

d)

breach

17.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

deadlock

b)

circumspect

c)

dilemma

d)

efface

18.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

muddle

b)

breach

c)

commandeer

d)

diffuse

19.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

breach

b)

brigand

c)

dilemma

d)

deadlock

20.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

circumspect

b)

opinionated

c)

diffuse

d)

cumbersome

21.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

perennial

b)

spasmodic

c)

spurious

d)

predispose

22.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

perennial

b)

spurious

c)

relinquish

d)

spasmodic

23.

Which word matches this picture?

a)

unbridled

b)

spasmodic

c)

perennial

d)

spurious

24.

Like the rings a pebble makes when tossed in a pool of water, the good feelings generated by the speech _______________ through the crowd.

a)

relinquished

b)

diffused

c)

circumspect

d)

opinionated

25.

To ensure they are not resented, the most powerful nations in the world must be extremely _______________ in their foreign policy.

a)

circumspect

b)

opinionated

c)

admonish

d)

commandeer

26.

Instead of trying to _______________ the support of the student body, we must earn it by showing our sincerity and ability.

a)

commandeer

b)

admonish

c)

muddle

d)

unbridle

27.

An economy in which the marketplace is considered "open" is one in which competition is more or less _______________.

a)

muddled

b)

breached

c)

salvaged

d)

unbridled

28.

Our city government seems to have _______________ into a first-rate financial crisis.

a)

breached

b)

muddled

c)

salvaged

d)

admonished

29.

The robber barons were a group of nineteenth-century captains of industry who amassed wealth by means that a _______________ might use.

a)

salvager

b)

spurious

c)

brigand

d)

cumbersome

30.

The evidence intended to show the tsome races or nationalities are superior to others proved to be completely _______________.

a)

spurious

b)

cumbersome

c)

efface

d)

admonish

31.

The dean _______________ the members of the team for neglecting their homework assignments.

a)

effaced

b)

admonished

c)

commandeered

d)

salvaged

32.

In general, she is a confident person, so I'm sure she will be able to _______________ a few shreds of self-respect from her humiliating failure.

a)

commandeer

b)

unbridled

c)

salvage

d)

spasmodic

33.

His attempts to rid his administration of inefficiency were so _______________ that he came to be called the "reformer by fits and starts".

a)

unbridled

b)

debris

c)

dilemma

d)

spasmodic

34.

After the fire, investigators searched through the _______________ for clues that might reveal the cause.

a)

dilemma

b)

debris

c)

deadlock

d)

perennial

35.

Since she is so convinced that there is only one right way - her way - I find her too _______________ for my liking.

a)

circumspect

b)

debris

c)

opinionated

d)

deadlocked

36.

My mother broke the _______________ in the quarrel between my brother and me by saying that neither of us could use the car.

a)

debris

b)

deadlock

c)

perennial

d)

spurious

37.

Developing nations in all parts of the world face the _______________ problem of gaining a higher level of economic growth.

a)

spurious

b)

effaced

c)

perennial

d)

relinquished

38.

The senator refused to _______________ the floor to any other speaker before he had finished his statement.

a)

efface

b)

diffuse

c)

relinquish

d)

circumspect

39.

If only I could _______________ the memory of the look of shock and disappointment on my mother's face!

a)

predispose

b)

deadlock

c)

breach

d)

efface

40.

Even her refusal to dance with him did not seem to make a _______________ in his gigantic conceit

a)

deadlock

b)

dilemma

c)

breach

d)

brigand

41.

The nation was faced with a _______________ in which either to advance or to retreat might endanger its vital interests.

a)

brigand

b)

dilemma

c)

cumbersome

d)

perennial

42.

The organization of some government agencies is so _______________ that it is all but impossible to know who is responsible for various activities.

a)

cumbersome

b)

perennial

c)

predispose

d)

diffuse

43.

How can you expect to succeed at your new job when you are _______________ to believe that it is "not right" for you?

a)

predisposed

b)

diffused

c)

deadlocked

d)

salvaged

44.

After we agreed on the lineup of songs, we then _______________ over the choice of a name for our band.

a)

salvaged

b)

breached

c)

deadlocked

d)

muddled

45.

When his precious collection of _______________ was torn up and trampled, the gardener was first heartbroken, then angry.

a)

debris

b)

unbridled

c)

diffuse

d)

perennials

46.

Although he was the world's expert on the subject, his lectures were so _______________ that even his greatest fans grew bored.

a)

unbridled

b)

diffuse

c)

spurious

d)

opinionated

47.

When we discovered tat she had never completed college, we knew that her claims of having once been a lawyer were _______________.

a)

opinionated

b)

breached

c)

spurious

d)

muddled

48.

In spite of weeks of practice, he made a _______________ of his performance.

a)

muddle

b)

breach

c)

predispose

d)

efface