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Vocabulary Lists 1-2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the defendant's acquittal

a)

line of defense

b)

being set free

c)

guilty verdict

d)

trial lawyer

e)

guilty behavior

2.

to assert one's rights

a)

declare firmly

b)

deny or give up

c)

plead for

d)

fail to appreciate

e)

forget about

3.

to condescend to someone

a)

look

b)

speak

c)

stoop

d)

shout

e)

whisper

4.

a contemptuous act

a)

scornful

b)

humble

c)

dramatic

d)

friendly

e)

criminal

5.

friends of the elite

a)

poor people

b)

recent immigrants

c)

powerful group

d)

concerned citizens

e)

art scholars

6.

to evolve a plan

a)

follow closely

b)

set forth

c)

attempt to cancel

d)

criticize severely

e)

develop gradually

7.

to show fortitude

a)

fairness

b)

endurance

c)

generosity

d)

concern

e)

equality

8.

inarticulate answers

a)

clever

b)

thoughtful

c)

polite

d)

angry

e)

unclear

9.

to listen to your mentor

a)

symphony

b)

teammate

c)

advisor

d)

prediction

e)

idea

10.

to have notoriety

a)

ill fame

b)

great worth

c)

immense wealth

d)

vast sympathy

e)

a chance

11.

make the analogy

a)

picture

b)

conclusion

c)

effort

d)

comparison

e)

opportunity

12.

relics of antiquity

a)

Revolutionary times

b)

ancient times

c)

the city of Atlantis

d)

the good old days

e)

foreign ancestors

13.

to satisfy the electorate

a)

voters

b)

legislature

c)

judiciary

d)

legislators

e)

president

14.

ethical conduct

a)

questionable

b)

characteristic

c)

personal

d)

moral

e)

rude

15.

a brief excerpt

a)

opening statement

b)

children's book

c)

selected passage

d)

comic play

e)

lyric poem

16.

to teach a heresy

a)

scientific theory

b)

dialect of a language

c)

skill used in technology

d)

idea that opposes standard beliefs

e)

method for people to improve themselves

17.

paternal feelings

a)

brotherly

b)

motherly

c)

angry

d)

familiar

e)

fatherly

18.

pity for a pauper

a)

recently sentenced criminal

b)

terminally ill person

c)

very poor person

d)

seriously injured person

e)

very wealthy person

19.

her posthumous award

a)

hard-earned

b)

after-death

c)

foreign

d)

historical

e)

current

20.

prophetic powers

a)

physical

b)

fearsome

c)

magical

d)

unlawful

e)

predictive