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English 10 - Vocabulary

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When he stuck his leg out to trip me in the hallway, he had ___________________ intentions.

a)

baleful

b)

abstract

c)

kind

d)

concrete

2.

After losing the fight, he was _______________ and said he would never fight again.

a)

baleful

b)

abstracted

c)

daunted

d)

domesticated

3.

Making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive

a)

baleful

b)

impetuous

c)

abstract

d)

daunted

4.

He lost all of his fortune by making _________________ decisions.

a)

abstract

b)

daunted

c)

impetuous

d)

baleful

5.

Abstract

a)

theoretical; not concrete

b)

outside

c)

around

d)

to be arranged

6.

trahere

a)

to make

b)

to adopt

c)

to track

d)

to draw/to pull

7.

corroborate

a)

an autobiographical account of one's life or experience.

b)

support with evidence; tell the same story; confirm

c)

a disagreement

d)

a rule or lesson

8.

roborare

a)

to make

b)

to grow

c)

to strengthen

d)

to roam

9.

Hackneyed

a)

angry; unsettled

b)

overcome with fear

c)

disrupted

d)

common, trite, unoriginal

10.

meager

a)

small in size or amount; thin

b)

grand

c)

to growl

d)

part of something

11.

resign

a)

start a new position

b)

get excited

c)

give in; acquiesce; relinquish

d)

to begin; rejuvenate

12.

Billy decided to _______________ from his job at Walmart.

a)

trahere

b)

memoir

c)

resign

d)

hackneyed

13.

The normally _____________ man could not help but yell when he won a gigantic lottery prize.

a)

abstract

b)

hackneyed

c)

phlegmatic

d)

jettison

14.

The __________________ witch was casting evil spells.

a)

viscous

b)

abstract

c)

nefarious

d)

hackneyed

15.

The pancake syrup was ______________ when pouring onto the pancakes.

a)

baleful

b)

impetuous

c)

daunted

d)

viscous

16.

When the students were sent to the office, they were able to _____________________ their stories before seeing the principal.

a)

corroborate

b)

trahere

c)

abstracted

d)

daunted

17.

The intruder tried to give the authorities a ____________ excuse regarding his presence in the building.

a)

specious

b)

abstract

c)

hackneyed

d)

acquiescent

18.

acquiescent

a)

give in

b)

reluctantly agreeable; compliant

c)

small in size; thin

d)

wanting more

19.

Caroline was not as ___________________ about sharing her room as her parents seemed to think she should be.

a)

arbitrary

b)

abstracted

c)

acquiescent

d)

amorous

20.

Having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false.

a)

abstract

b)

disperse

c)

hackneyed

d)

specious

21.

The artwork was considered to be _____________________.

a)

abstract

b)

acquiescent

c)

anxious

d)

ambivalent

22.

to spread around; scatter

a)

disapprove

b)

dispensation

c)

disperse

d)

disapprove

23.

Calm; unemotional

a)

specious

b)

disperse

c)

phlegmatic

d)

jettison

24.

The ice machine began to _________________ ice everywhere.

a)

contain

b)

impetuous

c)

abstract

d)

disperse

25.

We should __________ these old computers and get new ones.

a)

acquiescent

b)

hackneyed

c)

disperse

d)

jettison

26.

To throw; discard

a)

ambush

b)

jettison

c)

dispense

d)

abstract

27.

having a strong tendency to argue and fight

a)

abstract

b)

belligerent

c)

hackneyed

d)

jettison

28.

My brother was always _______________ and ready to fight..

a)

acquiscient

b)

belligerent

c)

jettison

d)

hackneyed

29.

different from most, especially in personality or behavior

a)

hackneyed

b)

eccentric

c)

acquiscient

d)

abstract

30.

You also worked with another_______________ genius.

a)

eccentric

b)

hackneyed

c)

abstract

d)

acquiscient

31.

of few words; quiet; terse

a)

abstract

b)

laconic

c)

hackneyed

d)

eccentric

32.

For a long time, the laws applicable to hunting with hounds have remained very _________________.

a)

acquiscient

b)

abstract

c)

laconic

d)

eccentric

33.

roughness or harshness; severity

a)

asperity

b)

belligerent

c)

corroborate

d)

daunted

34.

When I was a teenager, my father used ______________ when he spoke with all my dates in hopes of scaring them away.

a)

nefarious

b)

resign

c)

asperity

d)

roborare

35.

remove completely and permanently; exterminate

a)

Hackneyed

b)

Abstract

c)

Eccentric

d)

Eradicate

36.

We have set two dozen traps in an attempt to __________________ the mice from our house.

a)

eradicate

b)

obviate

c)

resign

d)

trahere

37.

cause to happen; bring about

a)

hackneyed

b)

jettison

c)

induce

d)

eradicate

38.

Every attempt to __________________ dad to lend us his car failed because he feared that we would drive drunk, endangering our lives.

a)

eradicate

b)

induce

c)

obviate

d)

jettison

39.

eliminate the need for something; make unnecessary

a)

taciturn

b)

trahere

c)

baleful

d)

obviate

40.

The warm weather conditions _______________ the need for thick sweaters.

a)

obviate

b)

baleful

c)

abstract

d)

meager

41.

making no mistakes; faultless

a)

baleful

b)

unerring

c)

viscous

d)

profound

42.

They display an _____________ knack of choosing other people's songs and making them their own.

a)

resign

b)

profound

c)

nefarious

d)

unerring