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Sophomore Honors English - Vocabulary Quiz #6

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the debate, the senator tried to __________ his opponent was not qualified for office.

a)

permutate

b)

salacious

c)

insinuate

d)

poignant

2.

Because the testimony in the courtroom was ___________, the judge asked the defendant’s small children to remain outside in the hallway.

a)

lurid

b)

tumultuous

c)

poignant

d)

salacious

3.

The ____________ of feminine beauty might become the rotund figure on which the woman appears to pride herself.

a)

quandary

b)

epitome

c)

meticulous

d)

consternation

4.

The ___________ content of some popular novels has led parents to demand that they be removed from school libraries.

a)

lurid

b)

poignant

c)

tumultuous

d)

salacious

5.

When the lawyer told us our lawsuit options, we realized we were in a ____________ about which legal path to take.

a)

quandary

b)

consternation

c)

meticulous

d)

poignant

6.

It was a detailed map, with the sea painted blue and the land border ____________ drawn.

a)

meticulously

b)

salaciously

c)

poignantly

d)

tumultuously

7.

In time, the bacteria will undergo a ______________ that will make it unaffected by antibiotics.

a)

quandary

b)

permutation

c)

epitome

d)

consternation

8.

The _____________ storm was beginning to lose some of its fury.

a)

lurid

b)

poignant

c)

tumultuous

d)

meticulous

9.

Full of ______________ at first, the boy now thinks he aced the pop quiz.

a)

permutation

b)

quandary

c)

insinuation

d)

consternation

10.

Water pollution is a _____________ example of how little people care about our environment.

a)

meticulous

b)

quandary

c)

salacious

d)

poignant