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WorksheetsEnglish 10 Units 7-12 review
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 53mins
To entice, tempt; a strong attraction; the power to attract is the definition of which vocabulary term?
Nocturnal
Respite
Allure
Inveterate
Of or occurring in the night is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Nocturnal
Respite
Allure
Inveterate
A period of relief or rest is the definition of which vocabulary word?
Nocturnal
Respite
Allure
Inveterate
Firmly established; habitual is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Nocturnal
Respite
Allure
Inveterate
Subject to whims or passing fancies is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Reparation
Capricious
Cursory
Misconstrue
Hasty, not thorough is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Reparation
Capricious
Cursory
Misconstrue
To mistake the meaning is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Reparation
Capricious
Cursory
Misconstrue
A payment made for a wrong or an injury is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Reparation
Capricious
Cursory
Misconstrue
A rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Ominous
Platitude
Expunge
Disheveled
Unfavorable, threatening is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Ominous
Platitude
Expunge
Disheveled
To erase, obliterate, or destroy is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Ominous
Platitude
Expunge
Disheveled
A commonplace, stale, or trite remark is the definition of which of our vocabulary terms?
Ominous
Platitude
Expunge
Disheveled
Identify the synonym: Proved a very RECALCITRANT witness
Contrary
Expert
Believable
Obliging
Identify the synonym: A part that PROTRUDES.
Lifts up
Tucks in
Juts out
Breaks down
Identify the synonym: RUMINATED in solitude
Wept
Meditated
Suffered
Rehearsed
Identify the synonym: A very METICULOUS craftsman
Well-trained
Sloppy
Painstaking
Well-paid
Identify the synonym: Expressed no COMPUNCTION
Contrition
Anger
Joy
Surprise
Identify the synonym: Promised RETRIBUTION
Satisfaction
Entertainment
Deliverance
Requital
Identify the synonym: SKULKED like jackals
Hunted
Slunked
Yelped
Behaved
Identify the synonym: Framed a POTENT argument
Complex
Weak
Tricky
Formidable
Identify the synonym: A leading EXPONENT
Candidate
Scientist
Artist
Advocate
Identify the synonym: AUGUST processions
Informed
Rehearsed
Stately
Lengthy
Identify the synonym: A BLITHE outlook
Carefree
Pessimistic
Curious
Somber
Identify the synonym: ENDEMIC diseases
Rare
Indigenous
Deadly
Tropical
Identify the antonym: A SCRUPULOUS employee
Disheveled
Dishonest
Dismissed
Disturbed
Identify the antonym: A PLACID disposition
Stubborn
Tempestuous
Peaceful
Lazy
Identify the antonym: Left an INDELIBLE impression
Ephemeral
Unfavorable
Unforgettable
Acute
Identify the antonym: At the PINNACLE
Precipice
Apex
Nadir
Crossroads
Identify the antonym: LAMENTABLE behavior
Praiseworthy
Childlish
Normal
Deplorable
Identify the antonym: A TRUCULENT reply
Cryptic
Shocking
Belligerent
Mild
Identify the antonym: Put ourselves in JEOPARDY
Shackles
Danger
Safety
Debt
Identify the antonym: Their CRESTFALLEN expressions
Dejected
Bemused
Startled
Cheerful
Identify the antonym: A STARK prospect
Dismal
Cheerful
Harsh
Changing
Identify the antonym: Labeled the comments IRRELEVANT
Immaterial
Apropos
Outrageous
Baseless
Identify the antonym: Gave us cause to EXULT
Laugh
Rejoice
Sulk
Wander
Identify the antonym: His EXEMPLARY career
Scandalous
Dreary
Commendable
Sensational
Fill in the blank: A true poet of the people, Walt Whitman was more at home in the humble kitchens of the working class than in the _________ drawing rooms of high society.
Embarked
Opulent
Integrity
Vanguard
Fill in the blank: Carry A. Nation's celebrated crusade against alcohol put her in the _______ of the temperance movement that culminated in Prohibition.
Embarked
Opulent
Integrity
Vanguard
Fill in the blank: Before he _______ on a career as a writer of detective novels, Raymond Chandler had been a successful executive in the petroleum industry.
Embarked
Opulent
Integrity
Vanguard
Fill in the blank: The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was to __________ the Articles of Confederation, which had served as the legal foundation for the federal government since 1781.
Ironic
Amend
Quintessence
Insuperable
Fill in the blank: The brilliance of Oscar Wilde's epigrams lies as much in their ______ tone as in the worldly truth that they convey.
Ironic
Amend
Quintessence
Insuperable
Fill in the blank: In Patrick Henry's famous declaration "Give me liberty or give me death!" is expressed the ________ of his revolutionary zeal.
Ironic
Amend
Quintessence
Insuperable
Fill in the blank: According to legend, the body of the Greek warrior Achilles was ________ except for that part -- the heal -- by which his mother held him when she dipped him in the River Styx.
Guile
Obviate
Abjure
Invulnerable
Fill in the blank: In his account of Satan's temptation of Even, Milton writes of the "infernal serpent... whose ____ ... deceived the mother of mankind."
Guile
Obviate
Abjure
Invulnerable
Fill in the blank: Deciding to forfeit his supernatural powers, Shakespeare's Prospero declares, "But this rough magic I here _______."
Guile
Obviate
Abjure
Invulnerable
Identify the synonym: Proved a very RECALCITRANT witness
Contrary
Expert
Believable
Obliging
Identify the synonym: A part that PROTRUDES
Lifts up
Tucks in
Juts out
Breaks down
Identify the synonym: RUMINATED in solitude
Wept
Meditated
Suffered
Rehearsed
Identify the synonym: A very METICULOUS craftsmen
Well-trained
Sloppy
Painstaking
Well-paid
Identify the synonym: Expressed no COMPUNCTION
Contrition
Anger
Joy
Surprise
Identify the synonym: Promised RETRIBUTION
Satisfaction
Entertainment
Deliverance
Requital
Identify the synonym: SKULKED like jackals
Hunted
Slunked
Yelped
Behaved
Identify the synonym: Framed a POTENT argument
Complex
Weak
Tricky
Formidable
Identify the synonym: A leading EXPONENT
Candidate
Scientist
Artist
Advocate
Identify the synonym: REPREHENSIBLE behavior
Courageous
Blameworthy
Commendable
Eccentric
Identify the synonym: AMEND the by-laws
Modify
Propose
Annul
Reject
Identify the synonym: WAIVED her right to a hearing
Abolished
Demanded
Proclaimed
Relinquished
Identify the synonym: DISCERNED some improvement
Required
Refused
Detected
Demanded
Identify the synonym: Described her wit as CORROSIVE
Bland
Quick
Caustic
Unparalleled
Identify the antonym: DERIDED our efforts
Ridiculed
Ignored
Applauded
Evaluated
Identify the antonym: DECREPIT buildings
Brand-new
Rickety
Historic
Broken-down
Identify the antonym: OBSOLETE technology
Outdated
Experimental
Expensive
Up-to-date
Identify the antonym: a RECALCITRANT horse
Stubborn
Docile
Thoroughbred
Wild
Identify the antonym: BRASH behavior
Strange
Impudent
Circumspect
Typical
Identify the antonym: ASSIDUOUS employees
Discontented
Shiftless
Veteran
Industrious
Identify the antonym: Felt no RANCOR towards them
Prejudice
Goodwill
Bitterness
Resentment
Identify the antonym: CHASTISED the youngster
Disciplined
Failed
Scolded
Commended
Identify the antonym: ACQUIESCE TO the pain
Reformulate
Question
Reconsider
Resist
Identify the antonym: A smile strangle ASKEW
Mischievous
Straight
Sinister
Twisted
Identify the antonym: His DISHEVELED appearance
Neat
Comical
Odd
Sloppy
Identify the antonym: The habits of a WASTREL
Scholar
Hermit
Tightwad
Spendthrift
