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Vocab Week 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

accost

a)

to greet first

b)

to make up a lie

c)

to use lively gestures

2.

adroit

a)

sly

b)

clever

c)

alert

3.

avid

a)

alert

b)

courageous

c)

enthusiastic

4.

cajole

a)

coax, wheedle

b)

angry

c)

to make greater

5.

enhance

a)

to make up a lie

b)

to use lively gestures

c)

to make greater

6.

fabricate

a)

to make up a lie

b)

to use lively gestures

c)

to greet first

7.

felon

a)

criminal

b)

clever

c)

an excuse

8.

furtive

a)

sly

b)

angry

c)

alert

9.

gesticulate

a)

to use lively gestures

b)

to make up a lie

c)

to make greater

10.

hapless

a)

angry

b)

clever

c)

unlucky

11.

intrepid

a)

courageous

b)

clever

c)

sly

12.

irate

a)

alert

b)

angry

c)

clever

13.

laconic

a)

clever

b)

coax, wheedle

c)

concise, pithy

14.

nuance

a)

concise, pithy

b)

shade of difference

c)

basic, elementary

15.

plethora

a)

an excuse

b)

shade of difference

c)

overabundance

16.

pretext

a)

an excuse

b)

great number of people

c)

criminal

17.

reticent

a)

uncommunicative

b)

alert

c)

concise, pithy

18.

rudimentary

a)

concise, pithy

b)

sly

c)

basic, elementary

19.

throng

a)

an excuse

b)

uncommunicative

c)

great number of people

20.

vigilant

a)

alert

b)

unlucky

c)

criminal

21.

the sword of Damocles

a)

spoilsport

b)

any threatening danger

c)

defy an opponent in his home

22.

Pyrrhic victory

a)

defy an opponent in his home

b)

any threatening danger

c)

an expensive conquest

23.

a wet blanket

a)

spoilsport

b)

an expensive conquest

c)

any threatening danger

24.

to beard the lion

a)

an expensive conquest

b)

any threatening danger

c)

defy an opponent in his home