WorksheetsEnglish 10 - Vocabulary
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
When he stuck his leg out to trip me in the hallway, he had ___________________ intentions.
baleful
abstract
kind
concrete
After losing the fight, he was _______________ and said he would never fight again.
baleful
abstracted
daunted
domesticated
Making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive
baleful
impetuous
abstract
daunted
He lost all of his fortune by making _________________ decisions.
abstract
daunted
impetuous
baleful
Abstract
theoretical; not concrete
outside
around
to be arranged
trahere
to make
to adopt
to track
to draw/to pull
corroborate
an autobiographical account of one's life or experience.
support with evidence; tell the same story; confirm
a disagreement
a rule or lesson
roborare
to make
to grow
to strengthen
to roam
Hackneyed
angry; unsettled
overcome with fear
disrupted
common, trite, unoriginal
meager
small in size or amount; thin
grand
to growl
part of something
resign
start a new position
get excited
give in; acquiesce; relinquish
to begin; rejuvenate
Billy decided to _______________ from his job at Walmart.
trahere
memoir
resign
hackneyed
The normally _____________ man could not help but yell when he won a gigantic lottery prize.
abstract
hackneyed
phlegmatic
jettison
The __________________ witch was casting evil spells.
viscous
abstract
nefarious
hackneyed
The pancake syrup was ______________ when pouring onto the pancakes.
baleful
impetuous
daunted
viscous
When the students were sent to the office, they were able to _____________________ their stories before seeing the principal.
corroborate
trahere
abstracted
daunted
The intruder tried to give the authorities a ____________ excuse regarding his presence in the building.
specious
abstract
hackneyed
acquiescent
acquiescent
give in
reluctantly agreeable; compliant
small in size; thin
wanting more
Caroline was not as ___________________ about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be.
arbitrary
abstracted
acquiescent
amorous
Having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false.
abstract
disperse
hackneyed
specious
The artwork was considered to be _____________________.
abstract
acquiescent
anxious
ambivalent
to spread around; scatter
disapprove
dispensation
disperse
disapprove
Calm; unemotional
specious
disperse
phlegmatic
jettison
The ice machine began to _________________ ice everywhere.
contain
impetuous
abstract
disperse
We should __________ these old computers and get new ones.
acquiescent
hackneyed
disperse
jettison
To throw; discard
ambush
jettison
dispense
abstract
having a strong tendency to argue and fight
abstract
belligerent
hackneyed
jettison
My brother was always _______________ and ready to fight..
acquiscient
belligerent
jettison
hackneyed
different from most, especially in personality or behavior
hackneyed
eccentric
acquiscient
abstract
You also worked with another_______________ genius.
eccentric
hackneyed
abstract
acquiscient
of few words; quiet; terse
abstract
laconic
hackneyed
eccentric
For a long time, the laws applicable to hunting with hounds have remained very _________________.
acquiscient
abstract
laconic
eccentric
roughness or harshness; severity
asperity
belligerent
corroborate
daunted
When I was a teenager, my father used ______________ when he spoke with all my dates in hopes of scaring them away.
nefarious
resign
asperity
roborare
remove completely and permanently; exterminate
Hackneyed
Abstract
Eccentric
Eradicate
We have set two dozen traps in an attempt to __________________ the mice from our house.
eradicate
obviate
resign
trahere
cause to happen; bring about
hackneyed
jettison
induce
eradicate
Every attempt to __________________ dad to lend us his car failed because he feared that we would drive drunk, endangering our lives.
eradicate
induce
obviate
jettison
eliminate the need for something; make unnecessary
taciturn
trahere
baleful
obviate
The warm weather conditions _______________ the need for thick sweaters.
obviate
baleful
abstract
meager
making no mistakes; faultless
baleful
unerring
viscous
profound
They display an _____________ knack of choosing other people's songs and making them their own.
resign
profound
nefarious
unerring
