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unit 8 vocab review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The newspaper tabloid ____ that the movie star and the director were having creative differences.

a)

recanted

b)

countermanded

c)

alleged

d)

exacerbated

2.

Whenever she talks about her childhood, she recites an interminable _______ of grievances.

a)

paucity

b)

juggernaut

c)

echelon

d)

litany

3.

In order to discredit the candidate, the columnist quoted some of his more _______, self-serving remarks.

a)

fatuous

b)

irrefutable

c)

lackadaisical

d)

macabre

4.

At New Year's time, many people resolve to ______ off bad habits and start living better, healthier lives.

a)

recant

b)

raze

c)

saturate

d)

slough

5.

Ebeneezer Scrooge, the main character of A Christmas Carol, has a decidedly ____________ temperament.

a)

macabre

b)

saturnine

c)

fatuous

d)

lackadaisical

6.

to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful

a)

conciliate

b)

allege

c)

exacerbate

d)

countermand

7.

A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.

a)

juggernaut

b)

echelon

c)

badinage

d)

paucity

8.

Many students and teachers feel that we need to ________ Madison's main building (circle) and create a new building.

a)

raze

b)

recant

c)

slough

d)

exacerbate

9.

synonym for egregious, unmitigated

a)

arrant

b)

fatuous

c)

irrefutable

d)

lackadaisical

10.

Although the civil servant began in the lower _______ of government service, she quickly rose through the ranks.

a)

badinage

b)

juggernaut

c)

litany

d)

echelon

11.

Antonym for antagonize

a)

countermand

b)

allege

c)

conciliate

d)

exacerbate

12.

antonym for reaffirm

a)

countermand

b)

saturate

c)

slough

d)

raze

13.

an inadequate quantity

a)

paucity

b)

saturnine

c)

litany

d)

juggernaut

14.

synonym for banter

a)

conciliate

b)

echelon

c)

countermand

d)

badinage

15.

synonym for foreshadow

a)

countermand

b)

slough

c)

raze

d)

portend

16.

impossible to disprove

a)

arrant

b)

lackadaisical

c)

saturnine

d)

irrefutable

17.

The continuing popularity of horror movies suggests that one way to score at the box office is to exploit the _________.

a)

echelon

b)

badinage

c)

litany

d)

macabre

18.

antonym for energetic

a)

fatuous

b)

paucity

c)

lackadaisical

d)

arrant

19.

to withdraw a statement

a)

portend

b)

recant

c)

saturate

d)

slough

20.

antonym for drain

a)

slough

b)

conciliate

c)

raze

d)

saturate