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Vocab 6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

actuate

a)

to cause

b)

to start

c)

to align something

d)

to put into mechanical motion

2.

brackish

a)

unpleasant taste

b)

a feeling of uneasiness

c)

to have qualities that are brack-like

d)

freshwater and seawater mixed

3.

cognitive

a)

to express emotion

b)

to have snobbish qualities

c)

relating to mental processes

d)

to remind

4.

dissertation

a)

an important discussion

b)

to be expelled

c)

a lengthy discussion

d)

to express discontent

5.

dolorous

a)

causing or marked by pain

b)

to be worthy of something

c)

to recite a great speech

d)

to be depressive

6.

endemic

a)

to eat cheese

b)

widespread

c)

to concern only specific individuals

d)

to exclude

7.

fecund

a)

producing many offspring

b)

a greek deity

c)

to have much wealth

d)

to adopt

8.

genealogy

a)

a cult relation

b)

to be codependent

c)

the history of a family

d)

the study of ones genes

9.

inebriated

a)

the inability to complete something

b)

to be paralyzed

c)

to quit

d)

deprived of a good sense or judgment

10.

insidious

a)

to seem harmless but produce danger

b)

to cause anxiety

c)

to cause fear

d)

a source of evil

11.

interloper

a)

a pause in doing something

b)

to gradually continue

c)

one who intrudes affairs

d)

to stop

12.

precursor

a)

coming before and indicating the approach of another

b)

a messenger

c)

one who self-indulges

d)

to give off hints

13.

presentiment

a)

to complete something before it is needed

b)

to self-reflect

c)

a feeling that something is going to happen

d)

an occurrence

14.

ramification

a)

an outgrowth of a simple idead

b)

a reward

c)

a crime

d)

a resulting consequence

15.

torpor

a)

a state of mental sluggishness

b)

a candidate or leader

c)

a false prophet

d)

a city's death rate

16.

brackish

a)

unpleasant taste

b)

a feeling of uneasiness

c)

to have qualities that are brack-like

d)

freshwater and seawater mixed

17.

precursor

a)

coming before and indicating the approach of another

b)

a messenger

c)

one who self-indulges

d)

to give off hints

18.

genealogy

a)

a cult relation

b)

to be codependent

c)

the history of a family

d)

the study of ones genes

19.

actuate

a)

to cause

b)

to start

c)

to align something

d)

to put into mechanical motion

20.

fecund

a)

producing many offspring

b)

a greek deity

c)

to have much wealth

d)

to adopt