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Vocabulary Nine

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a storehouse for grain

a)

hovel

b)

edifice

c)

granary

d)

homily

2.

to send out; to give forth, as in sound

a)

bilk

b)

emit

c)

feign

d)

impede

3.

death; a ceasing to exist

a)

enmity

b)

qualm

c)

decadence

d)

demise

4.

to obliterate; to wipe out

a)

efface

b)

bilk

c)

gorge

d)

declaim

5.

a lover of books

a)

despot

b)

bibliophile

c)

mandarin

d)

numismatist

6.

having excessive self-love or admiration

a)

choleric

b)

narcissistic

c)

egalitarian

d)

cadaverous

7.

to wipe out; destroy

a)

begrudge

b)

emit

c)

impede

d)

eradicate

8.

moral deterioration

a)

decadence

b)

fealty

c)

demise

d)

enmity

9.

to prepare for an event

a)

fabricate

b)

bilk

c)

gird

d)

bandy

10.

to hint at; to refer to indirectly

a)

delude

b)

elude

c)

allude

d)

obtrude

11.

to stop; to discontinue

a)

desist

b)

gird

c)

glean

d)

emit

12.

horrible; frightful

a)

narcissistic

b)

glutinous

c)

jaded

d)

ghastly

13.

to hinder; to obstruct

a)

bilk

b)

elude

c)

impede

d)

dally

14.

easily angered

a)

felonious

b)

glutinous

c)

choleric

d)

ambidextrous

15.

a sermon

a)

egress

b)

homily

c)

denizen

d)

lampoon

16.

to concoct; to make up a story in order to deceive

a)

imbue

b)

eradicate

c)

mesmerize

d)

fabricate

17.

a written satire used to ridicule or attack

a)

qualm

b)

lampoon

c)

mandarin

d)

homily

18.

feeling great dismay or horror

a)

fatalistic

b)

aghast

c)

demented

d)

gothic

19.

a feeling of uneasiness

a)

qualm

b)

paucity

c)

homily

d)

enmity

20.

to cheat or swindle; to thwart

a)

imbue

b)

bilk

c)

fabricate

d)

obtrude

21.

"Sir, I said, ' if I may interrupt you, I need food and clothing for these people, not a _____________ on patience."

a)

granary

b)

decadence

c)

homily

d)

lampoon

22.

The landscapers tried to _____________ the homeowner out of money by charging for work that was never authorized.

a)

imbue

b)

impede

c)

emit

d)

bilk

23.

We lost a year's supply of corn when the _______________ burned down.

a)

farmhouse

b)

hovel

c)

granary

d)

homily

24.

The ____________ of the athletic program in the school newspaper angered the players and the coach.

a)

bibliophile

b)

lampoon

c)

qualm

d)

numismatist

25.

Mary will inherit the estate upon the ___________ of Uncle Irving.

a)

demise

b)

despot

c)

fealty

d)

decadence

26.

What is the antonym/opposite of

impede?

a)

dally

b)

daunt

c)

disrupt

d)

encourage

27.

What is the antonym/opposite of

decadence?

a)

debauchery

b)

corruption

c)

decency

d)

decay

28.

What is the antonym/opposite of

qualm?

a)

anxiousness

b)

ease

c)

reluctance

d)

misgiving

29.

What is the antonym/opposite of

choleric?

a)

berserk

b)

irascible

c)

impassive

d)

cantankerous

30.

What is the antonym/opposite of

emit?

a)

retain

b)

declaim

c)

discharge

d)

retain