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Vocabulary Units 4-6 Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two nations formed an _____ to defend each other in case of attack.

a)

alliance

b)

singe

c)

anecdote

d)

iota

2.

The captain continues to _____ his troops by giving confusing orders.

a)

bewilder

b)

controversial

c)

preview

d)

maul

3.

When their efforts to fight the infection with penicillin proved _____, the doctors tried a new antibiotic.

a)

wayward

b)

dishearten

c)

fruitless

d)

marginal

4.

Relations between the two rival schools have been _____ for decades.

a)

hostile

b)

buffoon

c)

fugitive

d)

inimitable

5.

The driver had to be cautious, because his truck was full of _____ substances.

a)

goad

b)

inflammable

c)

makeshift

d)

grimy

6.

Every doctor takes a vow that they will not _____ any more harm than is necessary to help people.

a)

inflammable

b)

inflict

c)

preview

d)

fickle

7.

_____ gossip has unjustly damaged her reputation.

a)

orthodox

b)

dynamic

c)

radiant

d)

malignant

8.

Do not let your low score on the math test _____ you.

a)

dishearten

b)

entreat

c)

snare

d)

consolidate

9.

The bear ______ the hiker who tried to grab her cub.

a)

mauled

b)

anecdote

c)

rural

d)

consolidated

10.

Paying for something with _______ money is against the law.

a)

wayward

b)

fickle

c)

counterfeit

d)

radiant

11.

Sheri received the ____ rise for winning the county spelling bee.

a)

fallible

b)

ultimate

c)

rural

d)

virtual

12.

If you ____ with evidence, you can be charged with a crime.

a)

tamper

b)

wince

c)

bewilder

d)

prescribe

13.

My ____ dog never chews on the furniture or barks at strangers.

a)

grim

b)

malignant

c)

radiant

d)

docile

14.

A foreign diplomat must be ____, rather than rude and pushy.

a)

bewildered

b)

tactful

c)

tamper

d)

fickle

15.

Because we are all human, we are ____ beings.

a)

malignant

b)

fallible

c)

prominent

d)

potential

16.

We always have a ____ amount of homework in this class.

a)

spirited

b)

dominate

c)

sustantial

d)

radiant

17.

If you are a ____ person, you change your mind often.

a)

fallible

b)

fickle

c)

tactful

d)

tamper

18.

Chris's ____ about what would happen in the future caused him stress.

a)

vengeance

b)

tamper

c)

virtual

d)

uncertainty

19.

I will _____ through this magazine while I wait for the nurse to call my name.

a)

eradicate

b)

browse

c)

scurry

d)

frustrate

20.

Don’t be such a ______ ; you need to pay better attention so others don’t trick you so easily.

a)

dupe

b)

grim

c)

snare

d)

preview

21.

The energy in class is much more _____ when we are playing a game!

a)

grim

b)

dynamic

c)

malignant

d)

potential

22.

Don’t let your failed first attempt _____ you; keep trying, and success will eventually follow.

a)

utmost

b)

prominent

c)

frustrate

d)

quaint

23.

The crime scene was so _____ that the officer had to look away for a few moments to regain his composure.

a)

grim

b)

utmost

c)

virtual

d)

fallible

24.

His _____ solution for a costume was a blanket as a cape and a bandana tied like a mask.

a)

makeshift

b)

quaint

c)

prominent

d)

reluctant

25.

Your ____ effort is the reason you have failed; you must try harder if you want to pass.

a)

marginal

b)

utmost

c)

grimy

d)

inimitable

26.

Our shipment is _____, but the game should be delivered within a week or two.

a)

pending

b)

marginal

c)

virtual

d)

spirited

27.

Every time I go to the doctor, she always _____ more sleep, more exercise, and less time playing video games.

a)

scrimps

b)

prescribes

c)

snares

d)

previews

28.

The mountain stood out _______ in the distance, towering above the horizon.

a)

quaintly

b)

prominently

c)

controversially

d)

marginally

29.

The _____ little historical village could be a picture on a postcard.

a)

orthodox

b)

quaint

c)

grim

d)

counterfeit

30.

Because my toddler is so _____ to eat his vegetables, I cut them into cute animal shapes.

a)

reluctant

b)

inimitable

c)

wince

d)

fallible

31.

I _____ all summer to save enough money to buy the bicycle I wanted.

a)

snared

b)

previewed

c)

scrimped

d)

prescribed

32.

The doctor believes in benefits of __________________ medicine.

a)

fruitless

b)

scurry

c)

orthodox

d)

alliance

33.

My shoes were _________________ after I walked miles in the rain.

a)

fruitless

b)

bewilder

c)

orthodox

d)

sodden

34.

The students _____________ down the hall so they would not be marked tardy.

a)

winced

b)

scurried

c)

alliance

d)

bewildered

35.
If was difficult to ______  tickets for the championship game, but fortunately Tony managed to get them for us 
a)
scurry
b)
procure
c)
void
d)
wince
36.

Kara' ____ behavior caused her to be grounded often.

a)

hostile

b)

wayward

c)

spirited

d)

fruitless

37.

___ reality is a new kind of technology.

a)

wince

b)

scurry

c)

orthodox

d)

virtual

38.

Their larger size and years of experience on the field allowed them to ______ their opponents.

a)

wayward

b)

prescribe

c)

dominate

d)

bewilder

39.

The miners emerged from the tunnels with ______ hands and dirty faces.

a)

bewildered

b)

substantial

c)

radiant

d)

grimy

40.

My aunt always spends Thanksgiving dinner telling us the same five ______ about what happened during her vacation to Ireland.

a)

previews

b)

iotas

c)

anecdotes

d)

voids