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Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indicate the part of speech for the word: ESCHEW

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

2.

Indicate the part of speech for the word: BANAL

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

3.

Indicate the part of speech for the word: ACQUISITIVE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

4.

Indicate the part of speech for the word: ENCOMIUM

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

5.

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition:


to make inflexible or rigid

a)

temporize

b)

substantiate

c)

eschew

d)

congeal

6.

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition:


unquenchable, ravenous, voracious

a)

taciturn

b)

invidious

c)

insatiable

d)

tenable

7.

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition:


a survey used for military purposes

a)

encomium

b)

reconnaissance

c)

largesse

d)

carping

8.

Choose the word that corresponds to the following definition:


tending to find fault, especially in a a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

a)

tenable

b)

taciturn

c)

carping

d)

germane

9.

What word is synonymous to:


a germane example

a)

timely

b)

appropriate

c)

frightening

d)

dangerous

10.

What word is synonymous to:


family largesse

a)

pride

b)

munificence

c)

legacy

d)

status

11.

What word is synonymous to:


the invidious implications of the phrase

a)

clear

b)

flattering

c)

modern

d)

pejorative

12.

What word is synonymous to:


coherent reasoning

a)

consistent

b)

muddled

c)

forceful

d)

subtle

13.

What word means the opposite or almost the opposite of the following phrase:


substantiated the rumors

a)

circulated

b)

disproved

c)

confirmed

d)

ignored

14.

What word means the opposite or almost the opposite of the following phrase:


tenable conclusions

a)

indefensible

b)

extraneous

c)

justifiable

d)

logical

15.

What word means the opposite or almost the opposite of the following phrase:


as the batter congealed

a)

liquefied

b)

spoiled

c)

solidified

d)

quivered

16.

Complete the sentence:


My parents _____________ the obvious when they tell me not to drive with someone who has been drinking.

a)

emulate

b)

belabor

c)

eschew

d)

substantiate

17.

Complete the sentence:

Taking the great Rickey Henderson as his role model, the rookie attempted to _______________ his hero's base-stealing tactics as well as his batting performance.

a)

congeal

b)

emulate

c)

temporize

d)

substantiate

18.

Complete the sentence:


An effective leader does not ___________ in a crisis but acts swiftly and decisively to resolve the situation.

a)

substantiate

b)

emulate

c)

eschew

d)

temporize

19.

Complete the sentence:


If you believe in yourself, no amount of ______________ by others will deter you from your goal.

a)

carping

b)

reconnaissance

c)

largesse

d)

encomiums

20.

Complete the sentence:


Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is in part a(n) _________________ to those who dies to save the Union.

a)

encomium

b)

largesse

c)

reconnaissance

d)

carping