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Vocabulary Lesson 4 Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To summarize; to repeat briefly

a)

Obloquy

b)

Quasi-

c)

Perfunctory

d)

Recapitulate

2.

Happening by chance or accident

a)

Celibate

b)

Fortuitous

c)

Debacle

d)

Hedonism

3.

Resembling; seeming; half; having some, but not all features

a)

Demeanor

b)

Sacrosanct

c)

Facetious

d)

Quasi-

4.

Abstaining from intercourse; unmarried

a)

Hedonism

b)

Debacle

c)

Celibate

d)

Imperative

5.

It is ___________ that you leave immediately during a fire drill.

a)

Imperative

b)

Sadistic

c)

Besmirch

d)

Baroque

6.

Done without care; in a routine fashion

a)

Baroque

b)

Besmirch

c)

Perfunctory

d)

Sadistic

7.

Advances in technology may have increased in our life spans, but they also turned as into a civilization of __________ in which people are slaves to entertainment and self-satisfaction.

a)

Obloquy

b)

Demeanor

c)

Hedonism

d)

Sadistic

8.

We no longer question the ____________ parenting techniques that produce children with such pathetic ___________ that they prefer sitting in living rooms and playing video games.

a)

Baroque ; Recapitulate

b)

Debacle ; Imperative

c)

Perfunctory ; Demeanors

9.

It is ___________ that we nurture and guide the last generation to appreciate and embrace the beauty of the natural-the real-world.

a)

Quasi-

b)

Obloquy

c)

Sadistic

d)

Imperative

10.

The misconception of children that success in their digital kingdoms is comparable to real, character-inspired success is one of the great __________ of the twenty-first century.

a)

Demeanor

b)

Debacles

c)

Perfunctory

d)

Hedonism

11.

Someday, the appropriate ________ will be assigned to parents who allow their own children to become _________ zombies whose best talent is playing internet role-playing games for six hours a night.

a)

Obloquy ; quasi-

b)

Imperative ; Debacles

c)

Hedonism ; perfunctory

12.

The _______ interior of Mrs. Adison's house reflected her life of extravagance and world travel.

a)

Besmirch

b)

Fortuitious

c)

Baroque

d)

Hedonism

13.

We wandered through the house in amazement and occasionally we asked Mrs. Adison to ___________ the significance of particular items.

a)

Besmirch

b)

Fortuitous

c)

Recapitulate

d)

Baroque

14.

She told us that some of the items were _________ discoveries that barely survived floods, fires, or revolutions.

a)

Baroque

b)

Recapitulate

c)

Fortuitious

d)

Besmirched

15.

However, the smoke damage, water stains, and bullet holes that __________ the appearance of the artifacts only added to their intrinsic value.

a)

Fortuitious

b)

Quasi-

c)

Besmirched

d)

Hedonism

16.

Though four years had passed since Jake Bristol had been declared killed-in-action, his __________ wife, Georgia, refused to date, even at the urging of her family.

a)

Facetious

b)

Sacrosanct

c)

Celibate

17.

"We all loved Jake,," said Jake's brother, Robert, "but even the memory of my own brother is not so __________ that you should spend the rest of your life alone." Georgia did not take her eyes off the motionless porch swing.

a)

Celibate

b)

Sacrosanct

c)

Facetious

18.

"Is this a proposal, Bob?" Georgia's _________ reply revealed that she wasn't as depressed as Robert had assumed.

a)

Celibate

b)

Sacrosanct

c)

Facetious

d)

Debacle