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Unit 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DEFINITION: Clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration. To put clothes on, dress up.

a)

Apparel

b)

inept

c)

repast

d)

forsake

2.

DEFINITION: A meal, food.

a)

instantaneous

b)

recede

c)

ingenious

d)

repast

3.

DEFINITION: Plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose.

a)

denounce

b)

immense

c)

expressly

d)

forsake

4.

DEFINITION: To plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish.

a)

douse

b)

libel

c)

oaf

d)

irk

5.

DEFINITION: A feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty

a)

recede

b)

misgiving

c)

compress

d)

gainful

6.

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.

a)

inept

b)

ingenious

7.

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.”

a)

compress

b)

besiege

8.

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.

a)

immense

b)

instantaneous

9.

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).

a)

apparel

b)

oaf

10.

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).

a)

receded

b)

irked

11.

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.

a)

denounced

b)

libel

c)

instantaneous

d)

irked

e)

famished

12.

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.

a)

denounced

b)

libel

c)

instantaneous

d)

irked

e)

famished

13.

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.

a)

denounced

b)

libel

c)

instantaneous

d)

irked

e)

famished

14.

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 ____________________.

a)

denounced

b)

libel

c)

instantaneous

d)

irked

e)

famished

15.

COMPLETING THE SENTENCE: Some people hailed the man as a genius; others ____________ him as a quack.

a)

denounced

b)

libel

c)

instantaneous

d)

irked

e)

famished

16.

PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.


COMPRESS

a)

noun only

b)

verb only

c)

adjective only

d)

noun and verb

17.

PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.


GAINFUL

a)

noun only

b)

verb only

c)

adjective only

d)

noun and verb

18.

PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.


DISPATCH

a)

noun only

b)

verb only

c)

adjective only

d)

noun and verb

19.

PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.


APPAREL

a)

noun only

b)

verb only

c)

adjective only

d)

noun and verb

20.

PART(S) OF SPEECH: Choose which part or parts of speech for each word.


BESIEGE

a)

noun only

b)

verb only

c)

adjective only

d)

noun and verb