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Vocab Unit 8

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of bovine?

a)

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

b)

having a large, bulky body

c)

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

d)

dismay, confusion

2.

What is the definition of corpulent?

a)

mean, low, base

b)

fat; having a large, bulky body

c)

inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined

d)

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

3.

What is the definition of dispassionate?

a)

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

b)

an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal

c)

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

d)

impartial; calm, free from emotion

4.

What is the definition of dissension?

a)

based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

b)

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

c)

to call into question; to attack as false

d)

faithlessness, treachery

5.

What is the definition of dissipate?

a)

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

b)

based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

c)

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

d)

to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

6.

What is the definition of gauntlet?

a)

impartial; calm, free from emotion.

b)

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

c)

an armored or protective glove; A challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal.

d)

resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive

7.

What is the definition of hypothetical?

a)

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

b)

based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

c)

dismay, confusion

d)

immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement

8.

What is the definition of relegate?

a)

faithlessness, treachery

b)

mean, low, base

c)

to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

d)

hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

9.

What is the definition of subservient?

a)

to deny responsibility for or connection with

b)

based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

c)

disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

d)

subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end

10.

What is the definition of susceptible?

a)

faithlessness, treachery

b)

open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

c)

mean, low, base

d)

to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify

11.

What is the definition of umbrage?

a)

offense or annoyance

b)

shade or shadow, especially as cast by trees.

c)

a statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol

d)

sharp demarcation of outlines or limits

12.

What is the definition of intrinsic

a)

one who moves in where he or she in not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

b)

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

c)

to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

d)

sharp demarcation of outlines or limits

13.

What is the definition of commiserate

a)

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

b)

sharp demarcation of outlines or limits

c)

to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, shared a feeling of distress

d)

resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character

14.

What is the definition of irrevocable?

a)

peevish, complaining fretful

b)

thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, a very thin, light cloth

c)

incapable of being changed or called back

d)

coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language).

15.

What is the definition of flout?

a)

to adorn or embellish

b)

tending to cause sleep

c)

beneficial

d)

To mock

16.

What is the definition of transgress?

a)

to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law

b)

not subject to change, constant

c)

to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking

d)

extremely strange, unusual atypical

17.

What is the definition of disconcert?

a)

pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

b)

trifling, unimportant

c)

to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

d)

to confuse; to disturb the composure of