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Week 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Voracious

a)

of high reputation, outstanding

b)

completely filled or supplied with

c)

choosing at random without careful selection

d)

desiring or consuming great quantities.

2.

indiscriminate

a)

completely filled or supplied with

b)

choosing at random without careful selection

c)

desiring or consuming great quantities

d)

soaked, drenched, saturated

3.

eminent

a)

completely filled or supplied with

b)

choosing at random without careful selection

c)

of high reputation, outstanding.

d)

soaked, drenched, saturated.

4.

replete

a)

completely filled or supplied with

b)

choosing at random without careful selection

c)

of high reputation, outstanding.

d)

soaked, drenched, saturated.

5.

The idiom "To eat humble pie" means...

a)

to admit your error and apologize

b)

an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment.

c)

promising at the start, but then disappointing

d)

to have everything organized, have one's facts straight.

6.

The idiom "get one's ducks in a row" means...

a)

to admit your error and apologize

b)

an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment.

c)

promising at the start, but then disappointing

d)

to have everything organized, have one's facts straight.

7.

The idiom "a flash in the pan" means...

a)

to admit your error and apologize

b)

an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment.

c)

promising at the start, but then disappointing

d)

to have everything organized, have one's facts straight.

8.

The idiom "a pig in a poke" means...

a)

to admit your error and apologize

b)

an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment.

c)

promising at the start, but then disappointing

d)

to have everything organized, have one's facts straight.

9.

abound

a)

a place where one lives

b)

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

c)

a robot; a mechanical "person"

d)

to exist in great numbers

e)

to predict or foretell a future event.

10.

technology

a)

a place where one lives

b)

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

c)

a robot; a mechanical "person"

d)

to exist in great numbers

e)

to predict or foretell a future event.

11.

prognosticate

a)

a place where one lives

b)

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

c)

a robot; a mechanical "person"

d)

to exist in great numbers

e)

to predict or foretell a future event.

12.

abode

a)

a place where one lives

b)

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

c)

a robot; a mechanical "person"

d)

to exist in great numbers

e)

to predict or foretell a future event.

13.

automaton

a)

a place where one lives

b)

branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

c)

a robot; a mechanical "person"

d)

to exist in great numbers

e)

to predict or foretell a future event.

14.

paradox

a)

a trace, smattering or slight degree

b)

a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

c)

to increase or add to

d)

historical records

e)

special field of something or someone; kingdom.

15.

realm

a)

a trace, smattering or slight degree

b)

a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

c)

to increase or add to

d)

historical records

e)

special field of something or someone; kingdom.

16.

annals

a)

a trace, smattering or slight degree

b)

a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

c)

to increase or add to

d)

historical records

e)

special field of something or someone; kingdom.

17.

compound (verb)

a)

a trace, smattering or slight degree

b)

a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

c)

to increase or add to

d)

historical records

e)

special field of something or someone; kingdom.

18.

tinge (verb)

a)

a trace, smattering or slight degree

b)

a statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

c)

to increase or add to

d)

historical records

e)

special field of something or someone; kingdom.

19.

badger (verb)

a)

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

b)

unending

c)

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

d)

to understand, know, become aware of

e)

to pester, nag, annoy persistently.

20.

implore

a)

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

b)

unending

c)

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

d)

to understand, know, become aware of

e)

to pester, nag, annoy persistently.

21.

drudgery

a)

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

b)

unending

c)

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

d)

to understand, know, become aware of

e)

to pester, nag, annoy persistently.

22.

interminable

a)

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

b)

unending

c)

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

d)

to understand, know, become aware of

e)

to pester, nag, annoy persistently.

23.

perceive

a)

unpleasant, dull, or hardwork

b)

unending

c)

to plead urgently for aid or mercy

d)

to understand, know, become aware of

e)

to pester, nag, annoy persistently.

24.

The football game was ________ with excitement and great plays.

a)

voracious

b)

indiscriminate

c)

eminent

d)

steeped

e)

replete

25.

The _____ author received the Nobel Prize for literature.

a)

voracious

b)

indiscriminate

c)

eminent

d)

steeped

e)

replete

26.

My cousin is so ______ in schoolwork that his friends call him a bookworm.

a)

voracious

b)

indiscriminate

c)

eminent

d)

steeped

e)

replete

27.

After skiing, I find that I have a _________ appetite.

a)

voracious

b)

indiscriminate

c)

eminent

d)

steeped

e)

replete

28.

Modern warfare often results in the __________ killing of combatants and innocent civilians alike.

a)

voracious

b)

indiscriminate

c)

eminent

d)

steeped

e)

replete

29.

The mayor refused to ______ as to his margin of victory in the election.

a)

abound

b)

technology

c)

prognosticate

d)

abode

e)

automaton

30.

The time is approaching when human workers may be replaced by __________.

a)

abound

b)

technology

c)

prognosticate

d)

abode

e)

automatons

31.

Mel's new two bedroom ____________ overlooks a lake where many birds nest.

a)

abound

b)

technology

c)

prognosticate

d)

abode

e)

automatons

32.

The western plains used to ________ with bison before those animals were slaughtered by settlers.

a)

abound

b)

technology

c)

prognosticate

d)

abode

e)

automatons

33.

Man may be freed from backbreaking labor by the products of scientific _____________.

a)

abound

b)

technology

c)

prognosticate

d)

abode

e)

automatons

34.

His gloom was now __________ by the failing mark on his geometry test.

a)

paradox

b)

realm

c)

annals

d)

compounded

e)

tinged

35.

The _____ of sports are filled with great athletes of color.

a)

paradox

b)

realm

c)

annals

d)

compounded

e)

tinged

36.

One of the great ________ of American life is that though minority groups have suffered injustices, nowhere in the world have so many varied groups lived together so harmoniously.

a)

paradoxes

b)

realm

c)

annals

d)

compounded

e)

tinged

37.

A _____ of garlic is all that is necessary in most recipes.

a)

paradox

b)

realm

c)

annals

d)

compound

e)

tinge

38.

The cruel king would not allow the prince to enter his ______, restricting him to the forest, which abounded with wild animals.

a)

paradox

b)

realm

c)

annals

d)

compound

e)

tinge

39.

She does her homework on Fridays to save herself from the _____ of having to do it during the weekend.

a)

drudgery

b)

badger

c)

implore

d)

interminable

e)

perceive

40.

The teacher continually _____ the pupil for the missing assignments.

a)

drudgery

b)

badgered

c)

implored

d)

interminable

e)

perceive

41.

The eminent scientist _____ difficulties to come immediately.

a)

drudgery

b)

badgers

c)

implores

d)

interminable

e)

perceives

42.

The sick child's mother ____ the doctor to come immediately.

a)

drudgery

b)

badgered

c)

implored

d)

interminable

e)

perceived

43.

I listened to the boring lecture for what seemed an ____ fifty minutes.

a)

drudgery

b)

badgered

c)

implored

d)

interminable

e)

perceived

44.

steeped

a)

completely filled or supplied with

b)

choosing at random without careful selection

c)

of high reputation, outstanding.

d)

soaked, drenched, saturated.

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