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Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

a)

waver

b)

wallow

c)

stance

d)

tawdry

2.

to roll about in a lazy way; to overindulge in; to have in abundance; a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state of moral or physical collapse.

a)

waver

b)

wallow

c)

ravage

d)

exotic

3.

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

a)

tawdry

b)

ravage

c)

unassuming

d)

stance

4.

a person who switches to an opposing side or party

a)

haggard

b)

exotic

c)

predatory

d)

turncoat

5.

showy and flashy but lacking in good taste

a)

tawdry

b)

ravage

c)

haggard

d)

jaunty

6.

a way of holdingthe body; an atittude or position on an issue

a)

wallow

b)

stance

c)

waver

d)

juncture

7.

to destroy, lay waste, run; ruinous damage, destruction

a)

predatory

b)

parry

c)

ravage

d)

belittle

8.

preying on, plundering, or piratical

a)

parry

b)

excise

c)

convey

d)

predatory

9.

to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; a defensive movement in fencing and other sports

a)

parry

b)

excise

c)

belittle

d)

ravage

10.

lowly, humble, lacking in importance or dignity; a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks

a)

exotic

b)

menial

c)

haggard

d)

predatory

11.

a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time

a)

acme

b)

attribute

c)

juncture

d)

doctrine

12.

lively, easy and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

a)

exotic

b)

haggard

c)

menial

d)

jaunty

13.

thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry of suffering, wild looking

a)

haggard

b)

exotic

c)

jaunty

d)

menial

14.

foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual

a)

haggard

b)

exotic

c)

jaunty

d)

menial

15.

to remove by cutting; an indirect tax on the manufacture , sale, or distribution of a commodity or service

a)

convey

b)

belittle

c)

excise

d)

parry

16.

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles

a)

acme

b)

attribute

c)

juncture

d)

doctrine

17.

to transport, to transmit, to communicate, make known, to transfer ownership or title to

a)

convey

b)

belittle

c)

excise

d)

parry

18.

to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value

a)

convey

b)

belittle

c)

excise

d)

parry

19.

a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; to assign to; to credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from

a)

acme

b)

doctrine

c)

attribute

d)

juncture

20.

the highest point

a)

juncture

b)

doctrine

c)

attribute

d)

acme