WorksheetsUnit 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
DEFINITION: Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration. To put clothes on, dress up.
Apparel
inept
repast
forsake
DEFINITION: A meal, food.
instantaneous
recede
ingenious
repast
DEFINITION: Plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose.
denounce
immense
expressly
forsake
DEFINITION: To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish.
douse
libel
oaf
irk
DEFINITION: A feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
recede
misgiving
compress
gainful
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD: Select the boldface word that best completes each sentence.
His notebooks show that Leonardo da Vinci was not only a masterful artist, but an (inept, ingenious) inventor as well.
inept
ingenious
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD: Select the boldface word that best completes each sentence.
We can (compress, besiege) the message of the sermon into one short sentence: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
compress
besiege
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD: Select the boldface word that best completes each sentence.
The beauty of the Grand Canyon is so (immense, instantaneous) that it is absolutely impossible to capture its grandeur on film.
immense
instantaneous
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD: Select the boldface word that best completes each sentence.
Tom may not be as polished and clever as some of the other boys, but I think it is unfair of you to call him an (apparel, oaf).
apparel
oaf
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD: Select the boldface word that best completes each sentence.
When I realized that I was thoroughly prepared for the final exams, my fears quickly (receded, irked).
receded
irked
COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Don’t allow yourself to be __________________ by every small problem that may arise during the day.
denounced
libel
instantaneous
irked
famished
COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Some of life’s rewards are ____________________; others are a long time in coming.
denounced
libel
instantaneous
irked
famished
COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
It is a crime to ____________________ others, no matter how you feel about them.
denounced
libel
instantaneous
irked
famished
COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Since it was well past their lunchtime by the time we arrived home, the children were ____________________.
denounced
libel
instantaneous
irked
famished
COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Some people hailed the man as a genius; others ____________ him as a quack.
denounced
libel
instantaneous
irked
famished
PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.
COMPRESS
noun only
verb only
adjective only
noun and verb
PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.
GAINFUL
noun only
verb only
adjective only
noun and verb
PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.
DISPATCH
noun only
verb only
adjective only
noun and verb
PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.
APPAREL
noun only
verb only
adjective only
noun and verb
PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.
BESIEGE
noun only
verb only
adjective only
noun and verb
