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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To stop proceeding temporarily; move to another place

a)

Alien

b)

Adjourn

c)

Comely

d)

Jeer

2.

A citizen of another country; foreign, strange

a)

Compensate

b)

Feint

c)

Fortify

d)

Alien

3.

Having a pleasing apperance

a)

Erratic

b)

Compensate

c)

Comely

d)

Jeer

4.

To make up for; to repay for services

a)

Compensate

b)

Dissolute

c)

Erratic

d)

Unflinching

5.

Loose in one's morals or behaviour

a)

Lucrative

b)

Mediocre

c)

Dissolute

d)

Illegible

6.

Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

a)

Sully

b)

Tantalize

c)

Terse

d)

Erratic

7.

The process of driving or forcing out

a)

Alien

b)

Expulsion

c)

Fodder

d)

Tantalize

8.

A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

a)

Expulsion

b)

Feint

c)

Fodder

d)

Fodder

9.

Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

a)

Fodder

b)

Proliferate

c)

Feint

d)

Expulsion

10.

To strengthen, build up

a)

Terse

b)

Subjugate

c)

Sully

d)

Fortify

11.

Difficult or impossible to read

a)

Tantalize

b)

Terse

c)

Illegible

d)

Alien

12.

To make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision

a)

Tantalize

b)

Terse

c)

Jeer

d)

Lucrative

13.

Bringing in money; profitable

a)

Illegible

b)

Lucrative

c)

Unflinching

d)

Jeer

14.

Average, ordinary, undistinguished

a)

Mediocre

b)

Terse

c)

Subjugate

d)

Adjourn

15.

To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

a)

Subjugate

b)

Sully

c)

Proliferate

d)

Tantalize

16.

To conquer by force, bring under complete control

a)

Subjugate

b)

Sully

17.

To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

a)

Unflinching

b)

Terse

c)

Sully

d)

Illegible

18.

To tease; torment by teasing

a)

Jeer

b)

Tantalize

19.

Brief and to the point

a)

Terse

b)

Compensate

c)

Sully

d)

Alien

20.

Firm, showing no sign of fear, not drawing back

a)

Unflinching

b)

Sully

c)

Subjugate

21.

The president looked into the camera in an ____________ manner and promised the terrorists they would be punished.

a)

Fortify

b)

Unflinching

22.

Because they had little information on the suspect, the police issued only a _____ statement to the media.

a)

Terse

b)

Adjourn

c)

Unflinching

d)

Fortify

23.

In an attempt to ________ me, my personal trainer offered a piece of cake as an incentive for me to finish my three miles on the treadmill.

a)

Adjourn

b)

Jeer

c)

Sully

d)

Tantalize

24.

If the chemical plant is built near the resort, it will probably ______ the clean air in the area.

a)

Fortify

b)

Subjugate

c)

Sully

25.

When the settlers first landed on the continent, they tried to ____________ the natives and turn them into slaves.

a)

Sully

b)

Subjugate

c)

Illegible

26.

After the monsoon rains, insects of all kinds begin to _________ and you see people constantly swatting and slapping at the air.

a)

Fortify

b)

Proliferate

27.

Because Janice does not apply herself in school, she is a _________ student.

a)

Illegible

b)

Mediocre

c)

Alien

28.

The wealthy businessman was constantly on the lookout for ___________ ventures that would help him become even wealthier.

a)

Adjourn

b)

Sully

c)

Lucrative

d)

Subjugate

29.

Before the assembly, the principal told the student body that anyone who chose to _______ the speaker would be suspended for three days.

a)

Tantalize

b)

Jeer

30.

Since professors often find fancy writing fonts to be _________, they generally ask their students to use an easy to read typeface.

a)

Mediocre

b)

Erratic

c)

Illegible

31.

Storm shutters is a good way to ________ your windows and prevent hurricane damage.

a)

Sully

b)

Fortify

c)

Subjugate

d)

Dissolute

32.

Every experience in life is _________ for a novelist's imagination.

a)

Sully

b)

Subjugate

c)

Fodder

d)

Fortify

33.

The child's _________ involved pretending to be ill so he would not have to face his bullies at school.

a)

Fortify

b)

Jeer

c)

Compensate

d)

Feint

34.

Matt's stealing has resulted in his ________ from the company.

a)

Proliferate

b)

Sully

c)

Lucrative

d)

Expulsion

35.

When the police officer saw the man driving in an ________ manner, he pulled him over to question him.

a)

Illegible

b)

Erratic

36.

When I was young, I was rather ______ and only hung out with people who got into trouble for behaving improperly.

a)

Dissolute

b)

Comely

37.

Jeff put in extra hours this afternoon to _______ for his late arrival to work this morning.

a)

Comely

b)

Compensate

c)

Alien

38.

The proud parents and their ____________ children posed for a family portrait.

a)

Erratic

b)

Alien

c)

Comely

39.

Jason did not follow proper dining etiquette so everyone at the table stared at him like he was an _______.

a)

Comely

b)

Alien

c)

Erratic

40.

After church services _____________ at one o'clock, we will have our monthly picnic.

a)

Adjourn

b)

Sully

41.

Adjourn

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Noun

42.

Alien

a)

Adjective

b)

Noun

c)

Both

43.

Comely

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

c)

Both

44.

Compensate

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

45.

Dissolute

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Noun and Verb

e)

Noun and Adjective

46.

Erratic

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

47.

Expulsion

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

48.

Feint

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Both

d)

None

49.

Fodder

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

50.

Fortify

a)

Adjective

b)

Noun

c)

Verb

51.

Illegible

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

None

52.

Jeer

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

None

d)

Both

53.

Lucrative

a)

Verb

b)

Adjective

54.

Mediocre

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

55.

Subjugate

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

56.

Sully

a)

Adjective

b)

Verb

57.

Terse

a)

Noun

b)

Adjective

58.

Tantalize

a)

Adjective

b)

Verb

59.

Unflinching

a)

Verb

b)

Noun

c)

Adjective

60.

Proliferate

a)

Verb

b)

Noun