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Vocabulary Workshop Level B Unit 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to speed up, cause to move faster; to bring about more quickly

a)

bystander

b)

ordeal

c)

accelerate

d)

flounder

2.

one who looks on or observes, a person present but not taking part

a)

gruesome

b)

erode

c)

bystander

d)

downtrodden

3.

to go through an area in order to procure votes, sales, or opinions; to go over in detail; to discuss

a)

accelerate

b)

canvass

c)

puny

d)

entice

4.

happening by chance or on an irregular basis; showing little concern; informal

a)

persist

b)

canvass

c)

bystander

d)

casual

5.

treated unfairly and cruelly, oppressed

a)

downtrodden

b)

melancholy

c)

graphic

d)

ratify

6.

to attract, tempt

a)

quibble

b)

casual

c)

entice

d)

bystander

7.

to wear away gradually, eat away

a)

entice

b)

erode

c)

gruesome

d)

ratify

8.

to thrash about in a clumsy or ineffective way

a)

parch

b)

graphic

c)

puny

d)

flounder

9.

adjective - lifelike, vivid; relating to the pictorial arts

a)

melancholy

b)

graphic

c)

persist

d)

quibble

10.

horrible, revolting, ghastly

a)

accelerate

b)

puny

c)

gruesome

d)

bystander

11.

sad, gloomy, unhappy: sadness, gloominess

a)

puny

b)

persist

c)

parch

d)

melancholy

12.

to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat

a)

quibble

b)

parch

c)

gruesome

d)

stifle

13.

to continue steadily in a course of action, refuse to stop or be changed; to last, remain

a)

regal

b)

entice

c)

ordeal

d)

persist

14.

of less than normal strength or size; of no importance

a)

puny

b)

quibble

c)

stiffle

d)

regal

15.

to evade or belittle a point by twisting words or raising minor objections; a petty objection

a)

vital

b)

accelerate

c)

quibble

d)

regal

16.

to approve, give formal approval to, confirm

a)

ratify

b)

erode

c)

bystander

d)

downtrodden

17.

royal, kinglike; fit for a king

a)

entice

b)

graphic

c)

regal

d)

stiffle

18.

to smother, prevent from breathing; to hold back or choke off

a)

stiffle

b)

persist

c)

bystander

d)

casual

19.

having life, living; necessary to life, essential; key, crucial

a)

accelerate

b)

vital

c)

erode

d)

ordeal

20.

a difficult or painful experience, a trial

a)

puny

b)

graphic

c)

ordeal

d)

regal