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WorksheetsVocabulary Quiz Review Week 15
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
a)
explicit
b)
destitute
c)
deft
d)
officious
2.
to wave or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
a)
brandish
b)
extirpate
c)
pinnacle
d)
rampant
3.
definite, clearly stated
a)
explicit
b)
officious
c)
extirpate
d)
solace
4.
to tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
a)
suppress
b)
extirpate
c)
deft
d)
ominous
5.
suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens; given to irony, sarcastic
a)
officious
b)
pinnacle
c)
ironic
d)
extirpate
6.
unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen
a)
officious
b)
ominous
c)
premeditated
d)
stately
7.
considered beforehand, deliberately planned
a)
premeditated
b)
rampant
c)
solace
d)
stately
8.
growing without check, running wild
a)
premeditated
b)
supple
c)
suppress
d)
rampant
9.
to stop by force, put down
a)
rampant
b)
suppress
c)
extirpate
d)
explicit
10.
open to or markedly bribery or corruption
a)
venal
b)
premeditated
c)
destitute
d)
officious
11.
Was Oscar Wilde being (ironic, explicit) when he said that he could resist everything except temptation?
a)
Ironic
b)
Explicit
12.
Even in the prisoner-of-war canps, some basic feelings of decency and humanity were not completely (brandished, extirpated)
a)
Brandished
b)
Extirpated
13.
Her speech at first seemed highly dramatic and impressive, but we soon realized she was quite (destitute, rampant) of new ideas.
a)
destitute
b)
rampant
14.
We were prepared for a sharp scolding but not for the (ironic, ominous) silence with which the principal greeted us.
a)
Ironic
b)
Ominous
15.
No doubt there are some dishonest officials, but it is a gross exaggeration to say that graft and corruption are (rampant, explicit) in our goverment.
a)
Rampant
b)
Explicit
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