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Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 1, Words 16-20

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Broken stone or bricks; ruins
a)
revert
b)
preclude
c)
wrangle
d)
rubble
2.
The pair engaged in a wrangle that caused a commotion in the hallway.  Wrangle means:
a)
to return
b)
to float or hang suspended over
c)
to rise to a higher level
d)
a noisy quarrel
3.

My brother and sister always _____________over whose turn it is to take out the trash.

a)

invalidate

b)

relevant

c)

wrangle

d)

hover

4.

Thousands attended the solemn _____________at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

a)

collaboration

b)

vigil

c)

detriment

d)

longevity

5.

Most serious performers prefer constructive criticism to _______________flattery.

a)

reverted

b)

congested

c)

servile

d)

devoid

6.

Bulldozers and wrecking balls son reduced the damaged building to a heap of smoking ________________.

a)

amass

b)

incognito

c)

rubble

d)

servile

7.

Control of a property usually _______________to the legal owner when a lease is up or finished.

a)

enterprises

b)

reverts

c)

invalidates

d)

vies

8.
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 was the first step in releasing African Americans from their servile bonds. Based on context, servile most likely means... 
a)
slavish, groveling, fawning
b)
masterly, overbearing
c)
harmonious, in agreement
d)
surly, ill-tempered
9.
With tireless devotion, the ailing child's parents kept an anxious vigil at her bedside. Based on context, vigil most likely means... 
a)
watch, lookout, state of wakefulness
b)
squabble, bicker
c)
wreckage, debris
d)
boos, disproval, ridicule
10.
Before the new housing project could be built, it was necessary to tear down the old houses and remove the rubble. Based on context, rubble most likely means... 
a)
progress, advance
b)
wreckage, debris
c)
squabble, bicker
d)
windfall, bonanza, godsend
11.
For two nights, he did his homework faithfully; then he reverted to his usual lazy ways. Based on context, reverted most likely means... 
a)
unfolded, emerged
b)
portioned, sectioned, extracted
c)
pushed
d)

relapsed, regressed

12.
They had such a long wrangle over the use of the bicycle that their mother finally forbade either of them from using it. Based on context, wrangle most likely means... 
a)
agree, concur
b)
adage, maxim, aphorism
c)
squabble, bicker
d)
cheer, acclaim
13.

to return, go back

a)

revert

b)

servile

c)

wrangle

d)

jostle

14.

submissive; like a servant

a)

bonanza

b)

churlish

c)

vigil

d)

servile

15.

a watch, especially at night; any period of watchful attention

a)

excerpt

b)

rubble

c)

vigil

d)

wrangle

16.

These people are _____________________ over money.

a)

vigiling

b)

wrangling

c)

churlish

d)

servile

17.

After the earthquake, the house was reduced to _____________.

a)

vigil

b)

excerpt

c)

rubble

d)

wrangle

18.

This image shows people taking part in a _______.

a)

servile

b)

wrangle

c)

vigil

d)

citadel

19.

The advisors were ______ and rarely contradicted the king.

a)

Evolved

b)

Servile

c)

Plaudits

d)

Vigil

20.

The mother kept a _____ at the sick child's side.

a)

Plaudits

b)

Discordant

c)

Vigil

d)

Rubble

21.

The building was in ______ after the explosion.

a)

Reverted

b)

Rubble

c)

Wrangle

d)

Grope

22.

Forgetting to save to document caused it to ______ to a previous version.

a)

Wrangle

b)

Grope

c)

Revert

d)

Hover

23.

The siblings _______ over the who got to sit in the front seat.

a)

Groped

b)

Hovered

c)

Churlished

d)

Wrangled