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College Readiness Vocab Jan-Feb

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Some call me a ___________ because I collect everything that has to do with Stranger Things and I cut my hair like Elle.

a)

indolent

b)

pragmatic

c)

flagrant

d)

zealot

2.

The ___________ worker used her meeting with her boss as an opportunity to ask for a promotion

a)

auspicious

b)

astute

c)

zealot

d)

extraneous

3.

to clear from blame

a)

vindicate

b)

pacify

c)

despondent

d)

capricious

4.

The _____________________teenagers were so loud that no one could concentrate in the library.

a)

acute

b)

awesome

c)

taciturn

d)

Garrulous

5.

quandary

a)

state of uncertainty, not sure what to do

b)

enclosure

c)

a quad used for presentations in a government building

d)

fabric softener

6.

The miserly man was so full of ____________ that he wouldn't even donate a dollar to the Christmas donation event.

a)

usurp

b)

parsimony

c)

fastidious

d)

conflagration

7.

to pacify or calm down

a)

lavish

b)

verify

c)

placate

d)

shush

8.

becoming gradually less (as in size or importance)

a)

escalate

b)

extraneous

c)

lavish

d)

Diminution

9.

word part of astute

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adverb

10.

adjective, not essential

a)

Extraneous

b)

astute

c)

depravity

d)

Haughtiness

11.

Many of the girls assumed that the new student was a snob because she seemed __________.

a)

Capricious

b)

gaudy

c)

aloof

d)

miserly

12.

Although my professor believes many of the great educational theories, he always takes a _____ approach to teaching.

a)

candor

b)

inherent

c)

bombastic

d)

pragmatic

13.

Indolent

a)

becoming gradually less (as in size or importance)

b)

lazy

c)

hyperactive

d)

service-oriented

14.

AC

a)

toward or near

b)

from or out

c)

formerly

d)

a plug

15.

Unfortunately, juvenile idiopathic arthritis can progress to rheumatoid arthritis in some cases. Idio refers to what?

a)

an obscure or unknown cause

b)

unusually overstated

c)

exaggerated

d)

from or away

16.

Pugn-/Pung- means

a)

self, same

b)

old or out

c)

toward or near

d)

combative

17.

Devious

a)

arrogant or proud

b)

silly and rambunctious

c)

kind and innocent

d)

not straightforward

18.

showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention

a)

capricious

b)

Ostentatious

c)

miserly

d)

exuberance

19.

AB

a)

self, same

b)

around

c)

human

d)

from, away, off

20.

peri

a)

around, enclosing

b)

to toward or near

c)

peculiar, distinct

d)

from, away, off

21.

flagrant

a)

blatant; outrageous, adjective

b)

bitter, evil, adjective

c)

blatant; outrageous, verb

d)

bitter, evil, noun

22.

to seize another's power or rank

a)

garroul

b)

rancor

c)

undertake

d)

usurp

23.

you might feel this toward your ex

a)

haughtiness

b)

rancor

c)

taciturn

d)

garrulous

24.

the fact that lazy Larry was working hard was such a(n)_______!

a)

aberration

b)

loquacious

c)

pragmatism

d)

depravity

25.

It was very _______ of you to notice that she was in need of some help.

a)

astute

b)

indolent

c)

capricious

d)

malicious