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Vocabulary Week 8 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

absolve

a)

to persuade

b)

to give into or yield

c)

to blame

d)

to free from guilt or blame

2.

accede

a)

persuade

b)

agree to; yield to; go along with

c)

free from guilt or blame

d)

forgive

3.

A pronoun must in agree in gender and number with its ____.

a)

demagogue

b)

sentient

c)

antecedent

d)

accede

4.

anthropomorphic

a)

having human characteristics

b)

having a solid form

c)

having alien characteristics

d)

optimistic

5.

aristocracy

a)

absence of government

b)

a form of government where the power is held by the common man

c)

a form of government where the power is held by a deity

d)

a form of government where the power is held by the nobility

6.

demagogue

a)

an agogue from the town of dema

b)

a leader who gains support by appealing to emotion rather than using rational argument

c)

a leader who can't spell

d)

a leader who gains support by throwing great parties

7.

gregarious

a)

fond of birds

b)

sociable; friendly

c)

antisocial

d)

irritating; annoying

8.

hypermnesia

a)

the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory

b)

the condition of being overly emotional

c)

the condition of laughing uncontrollably

d)

the condition of having no memory

9.

incongruous

a)

unfriendly

b)

uninformed

c)

inappropriate; unsuitable

d)

unhappy; sad

10.

induce

a)

persuade; convince; motivate

b)

draw a conclusion

c)

trick

d)

prevent; dissuade

11.

intractable

a)

hungry

b)

capable of driving a tractor

c)

easy to manage or direct

d)

out of hand, stubborn; hard to control or deal with

12.

megapolis

a)

a map

b)

large city or urban area

c)

a country landscape

d)

a loud explosion

13.

misnomer

a)

a fitting name

b)

a scientific name

c)

a family name

d)

a wrong name

14.

posthumous

a)

occurring after death

b)

occurring after a storm

c)

occurring during the summer

d)

occurring before noon

15.

primordial

a)

prime numbers

b)

relating to prime numbers

c)

ancient, primitive, prehistoric

d)

ordinary; plain

16.

sentient

a)

living; feeling

b)

authentic

c)

lonely; isolated

d)

sensible; rationale

17.

synchronicity

a)

a clock's chime

b)

the absence of time

c)

a phenomenon where time seems to stand still

d)

the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection

18.

theocracy

a)

government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided

b)

government by a man named Theo

c)

government by the few

d)

government by people from the land of Theo

19.

unalterable

a)

not easy to understand

b)

not able to be changed

c)

not able to pronounce

d)

unalike

20.

volition

a)

hunger

b)

the power to heal

c)

destruction

d)

the power to make your own decisions

21.

All of the following are synonyms for feckless EXCEPT

a)

ineffective

b)

weak

c)

incompetent

d)

incongruous

22.

The image shows ______ behavior.

a)

feckless

b)

solvent

c)

boorish

d)

amorphous

23.

These clouds could be classified as ____.

a)

abasement

b)

antecedent

c)

antediluvian

d)

amorphous

24.

To retract is to ______.

a)

take back

b)

move forward

c)

do the hokey pokey

d)

turn yourself around

25.

All of the following are synonyms for immutable EXCEPT

a)

unchanging

b)

retractable

c)

fixed

d)

unyielding

26.

What does postprandial mean?

a)

occurring after sleeping

b)

occurring after school

c)

occurring after a meal

d)

occurring after death

27.

What does antediluvian mean?

a)

before the biblical flood

b)

after the biblical flood

c)

before dinner

d)

before history

28.

What does blandishment mean?

a)

protection for fights

b)

bandages used to hide wounds

c)

action or speech that is meant to flatter, coax, or cajole

d)

advertisements for fights

29.

All of the following are synonyms for abasement EXCEPT ____.

a)

humiliation

b)

degradation

c)

belittlement

d)

exaltation

30.

consensus

a)

agreement

b)

fallacy

c)

disagreement

d)

opposition