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EngII_H_Vocab4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Even as a child, Bob Ross showed a natural ___________ for painting happy trees.

a)

expiation

b)

sangfroid

c)

acculturation

d)

proclivity

2.

The presidential debates were defined by _____________ comments by which all parties discredited the other.

a)

tenuous

b)

vitriolic

c)

inadvertent

d)

seditious

3.

People often ____________ the stereotype of hipster to me because I have a beard...and I'm named Beard.

a)

expiate

b)

enjoin

c)

peculate

d)

ascribe

4.

We have to ____________ buying gifts; Christmas is almost here.

a)

expedite

b)

expiate

c)

peculate

d)

wheedle

5.

My children wheedle me incessantly to take them to Dolly Wood.

a)

peculate

b)

expiate

c)

wheedle

d)

commiserate

6.

After school the students got together to ___________ due to their low test scores.

a)

enjoin

b)

expiate

c)

commiserate

d)

peculate

7.

He feared he would slip and fall on the ____________ sheet of ice covering the parking lot.

a)

tenuous

b)

nominal

c)

circuitous

d)

adventitious

8.

For some reason, my GPS always seems to send me on the most indirect and ___________ route possible.

a)

noncommittal

b)

nominal

c)

adventitious

d)

circuitous

9.

The candidate's response to the question of foreign wars was unclear, safe, and _____________.

a)

adventitious

b)

seditious

c)

inadvertent

d)

noncommittal

10.

There are so many reasons Mr. Beard _____________ cats-too many to list here.

a)

ascribes

b)

abominates

c)

expiates

d)

peculates

11.

The Boston Tea Party was a ___________ attempt to protest King George III's draconian practices.

a)

seditious

b)

tenuous

c)

vitriolic

d)

adventitious

12.

By sheer _________________ luck, Bocephus won the Powerball!

a)

adventitious

b)

circuitous

c)

nominal

d)

inadvertent

13.

According to her classroom policy, Mrs. Sneezenheimer ____________ the students to place their cell phones in the calculator holder.

a)

wheedled

b)

ascribed

c)

enjoined

d)

commiserated

14.

The Cherokee went through a process of ____________; they began speaking English, changed the way they dressed, and many converted to Christianity.

a)

abomination

b)

commiseration

c)

acculturation

d)

expiation

15.

Finn and Jake chose to __________ their conflict.

a)

peculate

b)

wheedle

c)

expedite

d)

expiate

16.

A tremendous conflict over the missing chocolate bar began to _________ between Spongebob and Patrick.

a)

expiate

b)

expedite

c)

peculate

d)

ferment

17.

In the 21st century, the Queen of England only has ___________ power.

a)

inadvertent

b)

nominal

c)

seditious

d)

tenuous

18.

Through the Watergate Scandal, President Nixon chose to ____________________ the nation's trust it placed in him and his office.

a)

peculate

b)

expiate

c)

abominate

d)

commiserate

19.

Tiffany McSnapchat _______________ wrecked her Ferrari because she was texting and driving.

a)

nominally

b)

circuitously

c)

tenuously

d)

inadvertently

20.

"Karthik exhibited tremendous sangfroid during the final round of the spelling bee competition."


What does this mean he did?

a)

showed calmness and composure

b)

showed a great deal of fear and intimidation

c)

He froze up

d)

He pretended to know the answer but was clearly faking it.