WorksheetsVocabulary workshop A review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
I advise you to take every ____________ necessary to prevent a household fire.
ritual
epic
precaution
data
Now that the two candidates have finished their long, hard campaigns, it is up to the voters to say which one will _______.
dispatch
prevail
sabotage
spoof
Many a perfectly healthy employee has been know to _________ illness to avoid going to work.
predict
sham
retaliate
pretend
each member of the basketball team was awarded a trophy to _________________ the championship season.
commemorate
transform
tally
seek
The young actor's ____________ rise to fame became legendary.
periodic
meteoric
dogged
amble
When the shocking news finally reached us, we were completely ______________.
hilarious
dumbfounded
determined
stunned
Her back injury was so severe that he has been placed in a cast and will have to remain __________ for months.
martial
innovated
immobile
jovial
Are you ________ enough to believe in everything you hear ?
sinister
boisterous
talented
gullible
Each of the items on the __________ for our meeting today will probably requires a geed deal of discussion.
agenda
carnality
reimbubsement
fridge benefits
I don't think democracy can ___________ in an atmosphere of racial and religious hatred.
balk
thrive
sabotage
resist
The Antarctic Treaty preserved Antarctic from corrupt or _________ exploitation.
unprincipled
trustworthy
decent
unscrupulous
Even though some animals are ferocious and attach livestock, we should not be ___________ from protecting their dwindling population.
defied
deterred
ditched
damaged
I find it hard to __________ from these tempting and delicious desserts.
void
deject
abstain
resist
If you bring counterfeit products into the country, they will be _______________ by the customs.
confiscated
seized
preferred
overlooked
Although she usually acted meek, during tough times she showed more ____________ than any one else.
mockery
courage
restlessness
grit
He spent so much time dawdling over which movie to see that by the time he made a decision, both films had already started. The word "Dawdling" is closest to ...
loafing
working
fighting
napping
In the days of silent movies, actors and actresses had to express ideas and emotions by means of __________.
retaliation
devastation
pantomime
epic
Now that the two candidates have finished their long, hard campaigns, it is up to the voters to say which one will ________.
maze
refute
dispatch
prevail
The police ________ the anxious hostages after 16 hours of confinement.
freed
united
liberated
released
After being defeated in a war that lasted from 1846 to 1848, Mexico was forced to ___________ vast territories to the United States.
surrender
cede
merge
yield
