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Vocab Test 14

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Underneath the accountant’s economic _________________, the bottom line was the fact someone had stolen company funds.

a)

sedentary

b)

fallacy

c)

finesse

d)

jargon

2.

The wealthy man looked ___________________ as the gang members approached him.

a)

epitomize

b)

jargon

c)

askance

d)

sedentary

3.

The ____________________ stone monument was crafted with graceful, intricate designs.

a)

arabesque

b)

uncannily

c)

sedentary

d)

rationalize

4.

In the small country town, a _______________ troop of citizens made up the volunteer fire department.

a)

facetious

b)

apparition

c)

motley

d)

compendium

5.

What was supposed to be soup was actually a _____________ concoction made of every item my wife had found in the cupboard.

a)

motley

b)

finesse

c)

promulgated

d)

verbiage

6.

The last movie in the __________ of the films opens tomorrow.

a)

arabesque

b)

mollify

c)

clairvoyant

d)

trilogy

7.

Patricia hopes hundreds of _______________ people will attend her fundraising dinner.

a)

rebuke

b)

altruistic

c)

fissure

d)

cadaver

8.

As the director started to ________________ the cast for the hundredth time, several of the lead actors walked out.

a)

berate

b)

sporadic

c)

venal

d)

motley

9.

The woman looked _______________ after sitting up for a week with her dying husband.

a)

decidious

b)

rationalized

c)

compendium

d)

haggard

10.

Scratching your eye will not __________________ the itching.

a)

ethical

b)

verbiage

c)

ameliorate

d)

escapade

11.

Trilogy means...

a)

a group or series of related things typically in a group of 3

b)

unselfish, having regard for others

c)

scolded, rebuked

d)

having wild, wasted, worn look

e)

improvement, change for the better

12.

Amelioration means...

a)

having a wild, wasted, worn look

b)

scolded, rebuked

c)

improvement, change for the better

d)

unselfish, having regard for others

e)

a group or series of three related things

13.

Berated means...

a)

improvement, change for the better

b)

unselfish, having regard for others

c)

A group or series of three related things

d)

having a wild, wasted, worn look

e)

scolded, rebuked

14.

Altruistic means...

a)

unselfish, having regard for others

b)

a group or series of three related things

c)

scolded, rebuked

d)

improvement, change for the better

e)

having a wild, wasted, worn look

15.

Haggard means...

a)

unselfish, having regaurd for others

b)

scolded, rebuked

c)

having a wild, wasted, worn look

d)

improvemet, change for the better

e)

A group or series of three related things

16.

The _______________ peasant looked as though he had not eaten in weeks.

a)

fissured

b)

promuglated

c)

haggard

d)

rationalized

17.

While Bobby pretends to be ________________ by helping others, he really only organizes events to place himself in the spotlight.

a)

altruistic

b)

protagonist

c)

jargon

d)

contort

18.

When the playwright wrote his _____________ of plays, he never imagined he’d be inspired to write a fourth play about the same characters.

a)

sanctuary

b)

pendent

c)

trilogy

d)

grotesque

19.

In an effort to ___________________ his crying little sister, he apologized and gave her a shiny nickel.

a)

askance

b)

clairvoyant

c)

sedentary

d)

ameliorate

20.

Every time the referee made a questionable call, the fans would ________________ him and throw beans on the field.

a)

labyrinth

b)

sporadic

c)

berate

d)

contort