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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 1, Lesson 17

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a social outcast

a)

pedagogue

b)

minion

c)

numismatist

d)

pariah

2.

to damage a holy place; to treat with irreverence

a)

denigrate

b)

desecrate

c)

mitigate

d)

prevaricate

3.

(Review) push into motion

a)

daub

b)

impel

c)

careen

d)

gyrate

4.

(Review) lowest point

a)

fiat

b)

paean

c)

pariah

d)

nadir

5.

reserved; distant

a)

fluent

b)

filial

c)

aloof

d)

pallid

6.

a beggar

a)

catalyst

b)

mendicant

c)

neophyte

d)

despot

7.

a person or thing that represents an idea

a)

pedagogue

b)

personification

c)

nepotism

d)

benediction

8.

an official order

a)

fiat

b)

calumny

c)

epitaph

d)

obeisance

9.

a schoolteacher

a)

patrician

b)

bibliophile

c)

laggard

d)

pedagogue

10.

to leap about in a sprightly manner; romp

a)

cavort

b)

gull

c)

feign

d)

dawdle

11.

able to express oneself easily and clearly

a)

futile

b)

belated

c)

fluent

d)

farcical

12.

(Review) obvious; capable of being touched or felt

a)

fallible

b)

palpable

c)

debonair

d)

rambunctious

13.

gaiety; joviality

a)

affliction

b)

personification

c)

hilarity

d)

gait

14.

someone or something a person cannot conquer or achieve; a hated enemy

a)

aplomb

b)

catalyst

c)

nemesis

d)

paean

15.

to rotate or revolve quickly; to spiral

a)

gyrate

b)

desecrate

c)

fester

d)

glean

16.

faithfulness

a)

felicity

b)

obeisance

c)

fidelity

d)

obsequy

17.

a prejudiced view (either for or against); a preference

a)

penury

b)

pall

c)

fiat

d)

bias

18.

to follow as a result

a)

oust

b)

envisage

c)

beget

d)

ensue

19.

unruly; uncontrollable

a)

lackadaisical

b)

immaculate

c)

rambunctious

d)

palpable

20.

a noisy, confused fight

a)

facade

b)

melee

c)

cache

d)

pariah

21.

(Antonym) aloof

a)

detached

b)

berserk

c)

warm

d)

pensive

22.

(Antonym) desecrate

a)

efface

b)

envisage

c)

filch

d)

consecrate

23.

(Antonym) rambunctious

a)

felonious

b)

impertinent

c)

rowdy

d)

pacific

24.

(Antonym) hilarity

a)

affliction

b)

catalyst

c)

mirth

d)

felicity

25.

(Antonym) fidelity

a)

genesis

b)

homily

c)

treachery

d)

dependability