Worksheetsunit 8 vocab review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The newspaper tabloid ____ that the movie star and the director were having creative differences.
recanted
countermanded
alleged
exacerbated
Whenever she talks about her childhood, she recites an interminable _______ of grievances.
paucity
juggernaut
echelon
litany
In order to discredit the candidate, the columnist quoted some of his more _______, self-serving remarks.
fatuous
irrefutable
lackadaisical
macabre
At New Year's time, many people resolve to ______ off bad habits and start living better, healthier lives.
recant
raze
saturate
slough
Ebeneezer Scrooge, the main character of A Christmas Carol, has a decidedly ____________ temperament.
macabre
saturnine
fatuous
lackadaisical
to make more violent, severe, bitter, or painful
conciliate
allege
exacerbate
countermand
A massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path.
juggernaut
echelon
badinage
paucity
Many students and teachers feel that we need to ________ Madison's main building (circle) and create a new building.
raze
recant
slough
exacerbate
synonym for egregious, unmitigated
arrant
fatuous
irrefutable
lackadaisical
Although the civil servant began in the lower _______ of government service, she quickly rose through the ranks.
badinage
juggernaut
litany
echelon
Antonym for antagonize
countermand
allege
conciliate
exacerbate
antonym for reaffirm
countermand
saturate
slough
raze
an inadequate quantity
paucity
saturnine
litany
juggernaut
synonym for banter
conciliate
echelon
countermand
badinage
synonym for foreshadow
countermand
slough
raze
portend
impossible to disprove
arrant
lackadaisical
saturnine
irrefutable
The continuing popularity of horror movies suggests that one way to score at the box office is to exploit the _________.
echelon
badinage
litany
macabre
antonym for energetic
fatuous
paucity
lackadaisical
arrant
to withdraw a statement
portend
recant
saturate
slough
antonym for drain
slough
conciliate
raze
saturate
