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Bad Boy vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She sang right in the middle of every pitch and had a lovely _____.

a)

insolence

b)

vibrato

c)

disdain

d)

musing

2.

The argument can only be settled fairly if an uninvolved person is called in to _______ the quarrel.

a)

mediate

b)

ostracize

c)

supplant

d)

integrate

3.

In most places, summer brings a much-needed ______ to teachers and students alike.

a)

toil

b)

predicament

c)

recuperating

d)

respite

4.

A tranquilizer dart will usually effectively ______ even the most violent animals.

a)

convolute

b)

impose

c)

stultify

d)

berate

5.

Former professional athletes will become a _______for a sports network because they know how to explain what the players are doing during the sport

a)

accouterment

b)

commentator

c)

interim

d)

respite

6.

I was _____ when my mom pulled out the most embarrassing pictures to show the person I had just started dating.

a)

subdued

b)

decrepit

c)

truant

d)

mortified

7.

I would rather you find your own voice and not _____ your favorite writer.

a)

berate

b)

emulate

c)

articulate

d)

accumulate

8.

Walter had a difficult time with ______, so he saw a speech therapist to help him with correct and clear pronunciation.

a)

articulate

b)

emulation

c)

articulation

d)

ostracizing

9.

When I become nervous, I become rather _________.

a)

inarticulate

b)

permeated

c)

ostracized

d)

stultify

10.

Although Janice spoke slowly, I found it difficult to understand her _____ story.

a)

imposing

b)

ethereal

c)

convoluted

d)

adversarial

11.

If you don’t believe in yourself, then you are your worst _____.

a)

adversary

b)

interim

c)

tenement

d)

subversive

12.

As part of the challenge, we must _____ dark chocolate into our dessert in a way that works well.

a)

integrate

b)

replete

c)

toil

d)

impose

13.

The group published a ________ magazine that contained nothing but negative articles about the current government.

a)

decrepit

b)

imposing

c)

adversarial

d)

subversive

14.

The knight Halloween costume came with not only the armor but also a sword as an _____.

a)

kindling

b)

accouterment

c)

epithet

d)

respite

15.

Because she never cleans up, mounds of trash have ______ inside the hoarder’s home.

a)

accumulate

b)

accumulation

c)

accumulated

d)

will accumulate

16.

My parents always ____ me when my tone took on even the slightest hint of disrespect.

a)

permeated

b)

repleted

c)

trangressed

d)

admonished

17.

Shamefaced, the students sat quietly as Mrs. Garcia continued to ______ them for the way they had treated the substitute

a)

insolence

b)

berate

c)

ostracize

d)

integrate

18.

The hero's brave and selfless actions, which resulted in 14 lives saved, is ____________ behavior.

a)

articulate

b)

subdued

c)

stultified

d)

commendable

19.

I received a low score on my essay because the paper was_______ with mistakes.

a)

nuanced

b)

eligible

c)

replete

d)

supplanted

20.

A text message cannot _____ an actual phone call because it is incapable of expressing emotion.

a)

articulate

b)

supplant

c)

truancy

d)

impose

21.

By singing the alphabet song throughout the day, my daughter is learning her letters by ____ memorization.

a)

subdued

b)

rote

c)

ehthereal

d)

versatility

22.

Unfortunately, teenagers will ____ their peers and make them feel unwanted for the simplest reasons. 🔊

a)

mundane

b)

recuperate

c)

subversive

d)

ostracize

23.

The restaurant should spice up their menu and replace the dull and _____ dishes.

a)

versatile

b)

mundane

c)

toiling

d)

matzoh

24.

The __of violence in the downtown area keeps many tourists from visiting that part of the city

a)

notoriety

b)

labyrinth

c)

kindling

d)

truancy

25.

My mother became__for medicare when she reached 65 years of age and wasn’t receiving health benefits from her job anymore

a)

eligible

b)

decrepit

c)

insolent

d)

kindling

26.

Betsy is an __girl who acts as though she has no manners at all

a)

ethereal

b)

subdued

c)

articulate

d)

insolent

27.

A sleeping baby has an ___angelic appearance you don’t often find in your wide-awake teenager

a)

ethereal

b)

insolent

c)

subversive

d)

mediating

28.

The ___kid hid in the park to avoid taking his semester exams, but when he was discovered, he was in deep trouble.

a)

truancy

b)

truant

c)

insolence

d)

supplanted

29.

Mitch bought a ____ house, which left him to make so many repairs that the cost was over $50,000.00.

a)

predicament

b)

recuperating

c)

decrepit

d)

tenement

30.

Because Barry didn't know the ____ spelling of the word, he had to take his best guess.

a)

precise

b)

versatile

c)

convoluted

d)

interim