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The Necklace - Unit 2 Set 3 Vocab

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
High praise
a)
Adulation
b)
Adversity
c)
Aesthetic
d)
Amicable
2.
The famous basketball player enjoyed the _________ of his fans. 
a)
abbreviate
b)
adulation
c)
frugal
d)
mundane
3.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

abject

b)

abjeck

c)

abgect

4.
The dog was _______ after his owner died.
a)
Querulous
b)
Abject
c)
Sadistic
5.

wretched, pitiful

a)

abject

b)

abnegation

c)

abide

d)

abet

6.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

adulation

b)

adjewlation

c)

adolasion

7.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

Askew

b)

Askow

c)

Asku

d)

Askeu

8.
(adj., adv.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
a)
acquiesce
b)
allure
c)
askew
d)
blithe
e)
contentious
9.

Our teacher does not like the desks left _____, so she insists that we straighten them neatly before we leave.

a)

askew

b)

enrage

c)

cubism

d)

propulsive

10.

inconsolable; hopelessly sad

a)

inadvertent

b)

disconsolate

c)

disconcert

d)

deprecate

11.

the lack of basic necessity, or the comforts of life

a)

Pauper

b)

Privation

c)

Askew

d)

Disconsolate

12.

without interruption; continuously

a)

Vexation

b)

Adulation

c)

Incessantly

d)

Prospects

13.

filled with shock or horror

a)

Aghast

b)

Askew

c)

Adulation

d)

Awesome

14.
My mother was ________when she saw the mess my friends and I made in the kitchen.  
a)
aghast 
b)
degeneration
c)
corrupt
d)
gamut
15.
Ezequiel talks _____________in all of his classes.  
a)
depraved
b)
inevitable
c)
incessantly
d)
incognito
16.
After living in ______________for two years, the boy really appreciated his new winter coat.  
a)
aghast
b)
privation
c)
fatalities
d)
gamut
17.
Which word best fits in the sentence?
The little girl was so __________ after her puppy ran away, that her parents put up posters all over the neighborhood.
a)
Reliable
b)
Disconsolate
c)
Facade
d)
Omniscient
18.

The state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried

a)

harmony

b)

puzzlement

c)

vexation

d)

infancy

19.

Miranda hated camping. The bugs, cold, and lack of a bathroom were all ____, or causes of annoyance.

a)

vexations

b)

sojourn

c)

truant

d)

smilax

20.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

vexashion

b)

vexation

c)

vecksation

21.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

disconsalate

b)

dissconsolate

c)

disconsolate

22.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

privatizasion

b)

privation

c)

privasion

23.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

insessantly

b)

incessantly

c)

incessently

24.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

agast

b)

aghist

c)

aghast

25.
very dirty because of poverty or neglect
a)
susceptible
b)
animated
c)
suppleness
d)
squalor
26.

Find the definition. Many people in the recently destroyed part of Puerto Rico live in SQUALOR.

a)

filth

b)

triumph

c)

arrogance

d)

eloquence

27.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

scwalor

b)

squallor

c)

squalor

28.
Which is the correct spelling?
a)
procire
b)
precure
c)
porcure
d)
procure
29.
Which word means: get; obtain?
a)
procure
b)
predominant
c)
intercession
d)
interception
30.

The hospital held a raffle to ___ the necessary funds for the new children's wing.

a)

procure

b)

mortify

c)

void

d)

wince