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Vocabulary Midterm Questions

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Actions or statements that trick people into believing something that is not true

a)

chicanery

b)

discombobulate

c)

belie

d)

abjure

2.

To weaken; reduce mental or moral vigor; to lessen the vitality or strength of.

a)

impeach

b)

belie

c)

enervate

d)

facetious

3.

Speech that is meant to be funny but that is usually regarded

as annoying, silly, or not proper

a)

gamete

b)

belie

c)

enervate

d)

facetious

4.

Having or showing a tendency to argue or fight; warlike

a)

comatose

b)

morose

c)

bellicose

d)

obtuse

5.

an award or an expression of praise

a)

accolade

b)

angst

c)

euphemism

d)

gauche

6.

Damaging or harmful to the body or the environment

a)

bourgeois

b)

deleterious

c)

incognito

d)

ambidextrous

7.

showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave: socially awkward.

a)

accolade

b)

incognito

c)

bellicose

d)

gauche

8.

An expensive and wasteful project usually paid for with public money.

a)

anomaly

b)

boondoggle

c)

epiphany

d)

Laissez-faire

9.

Not eating and drinking too much.

a)

diffident

b)

anomalous

c)

abstemious

d)

feckless

10.

Indubitable. Not able to be doubted or questioned.

a)

feckless

b)

incontrovertible

c)

Laissez-faire

d)

diffident

11.

A moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way.

a)

kowtow

b)

bowdlerize

c)

boondoggle

d)

epiphany

12.

1) Worthless, irresponsible. 2) weak, ineffective.

a)

feckless

b)

diffident

c)

incontrovertible

d)

anomalous

13.

discordant noise; a mixture of harsh, jarring, or chaotic sounds.

a)

cacophony

b)

hubris

c)

metamorphosis

d)

acumen

14.

disdainful dismissal of important matters; showing a lack of proper concern.

a)

cacophony

b)

circumlocution

c)

cavalier

d)

lexicon

15.

to fix beliefs in someone's mind, especially by repeating them.

a)

inculcate

b)

bona fide

c)

hubris

d)

acumen

16.

exaggerated pride or self-confidence

a)

cacophony

b)

hubris

c)

lexicon

d)

bona fide

17.

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, especially in practical matters.

a)

circumlocution

b)

cacophony

c)

acumen

d)

precipitation

18.

colloquy

a)

a long-haired breed of sheepdog.

b)

a person who boasts about achievements or possessions

c)

a discussion of theological ideas; a conversation

d)

A state of constant movement, change, or renewal

19.

enmity

a)

a state of constant movement, change, or renewal

b)

an unreal image presented to the senses

c)

feeling or being actively opposed to someone or something

d)

modesty of shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

20.

flux

a)

a conversation (especially a discussion of theological questions)

b)

being in constant movement, change, or renewal

c)

an ingredient in laundry detergent that makes whites whiter.

d)

a person who boasts about achievements or possessions.

21.

A grave robber

a)

goblin

b)

ghoul

c)

fuzzy lumpkin

d)

cockatrice

22.

A spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to the members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die. (Irish Folklore)

a)

boggart

b)

pooka

c)

Annabelle Lee

d)

banshee

23.

A whale, a sea monster, or anything of immense size and power

a)

pooka

b)

phantasm

c)

leviathan

24.

a reanimated corpse, said to suck the blood from sleeping persons at night, a preternatural undead being.

a)

vampire

b)

lycanthrope

c)

will-o-the-wisp

d)

wooly-booger

25.

An evil twin. (German for double-walker) a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune

a)

Nosferatu

b)

doppelganger

c)

changeling

d)

H.R. Pufinstuf

26.

one who reanimates the dead; who practices a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; a black art.

a)

Necromancer

b)

Break dancer

c)

Churl

d)

Babadook

27.

The Bible uses this special word to describe the worst of the worst--unspeakably bad things...Proverbs 6:16-19 lists seven things which are known by this term: "haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers."

a)

celebration

b)

abomination

c)

epiphany

d)

Joyness

28.

A Phoenix

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

A Gorgon

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

a many-headed, serpent-like creature that guarded an Underworld entrance beneath Lake Lerna if you chop off one head, two would grow in it’s place. It was destroyed by Hercules in his second Labor

a)

Hyperdrive

b)

Hydra

c)

GrootSlang

d)

Snuffleupagus

31.

a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail

a)

Lamia

b)

Gorgon

c)

Chimera

d)

Chimes

32.

Evil, horrible, terrible, extremely wicked, vile, tyrannical

a)

precarious

b)

nefarious

c)

gregarious

d)

impundulu

33.

the highest point of a mountain; the most successful point; culmination.

a)

pinnacle

b)

tentacle

c)

ventricle

d)

cynical

34.

(adj) unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes; quarrelsome

a)

obsolete

b)

litigious

c)

judiciary

d)

fickle

35.

(adj) Threatening harm; menacing, malignant

a)

complacent

b)

baleful

c)

detrimental

d)

incremental