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E Unit 10 Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of acquiesce?

a)

to accept without protest

b)

a wasteful person

c)

the foremost part of an army or leading position

d)

to entice or tempt

2.

What is the definition of allure?

a)

to entice or tempt

b)

a full or rich sound

c)

winding and having many curves

d)

twisted to one side or crooked

3.

What is the definition of askew?

a)

twisted to one side or crooked

b)

a repayment or deserved punishment

c)

a period of relief and rest

d)

cheerful and lighthearted

4.

What is the definition of blithe?

a)

cheerful and lighthearted

b)

to affirm openly or to claim

c)

an unsuitable and misleading name

d)

quarrelsome and inclined to argue

5.

What is the definition of contentious?

a)

quarrelsome and inclined to argue

b)

to be regretted or pitied

c)

incapable of being overcome

d)

to desire something belonging to another

6.

What is the definition of covet?

a)

to desire something belonging to another

b)

given to much talking and chatty

c)

one who advocates or speaks for

d)

discouraged and dejected

7.

What is the definition of crestfallen?

a)

discouraged and dejected

b)

rumpled or hanging in disorder

c)

to accept without protest

d)

rumpled or hanging in disorder

8.

What is the definition of disheveled?

a)

rumpled or hanging in disorder

b)

to entice or tempt

c)

twisted to one side

d)

one who advocates or speaks for

9.

What is the definition of exponent?

a)

one who advocates or speaks for

b)

cheerful and lighthearted

c)

to desire something belonging to another

d)

given to much talking and chatty

10.

What is the definition of garrulous?

a)

given to much talking and chatty

b)

quarrelsome and inclined to argue

c)

to be regretted or pitied

d)

incapable of being overcome

11.

Which word means "incapable of being overcome"?

a)

insuperable

b)

acquiesce

c)

disheveled

d)

lamentable

12.

Which word means "to be regretted or pitied"?

a)

lamentable

b)

covet

c)

askew

d)

misnomer

13.

Which word means "an unsuitable or misleading name"?

a)

misnomer

b)

vanguard

c)

blithe

d)

profess

14.

Which word means "to affirm openly or to claim"?

a)

profess

b)

wastrel

c)

contentious

d)

respite

15.

Which word means "a period of relief and rest"?

a)

respite

b)

sinuous

c)

exponent

d)

retribution

16.

Which word means "a repayment or deserved punishment"?

a)

retribution

b)

sonorous

c)

crestfallen

d)

acquiesce

17.

Which word means "winding and having many curves"?

a)

sinuous

b)

garrulous

c)

insuperable

d)

allure

18.

Which word means "a full and rich sound"?

a)

sonorous

b)

vanguard

c)

misnomer

d)

askew

19.

Which word means "the leading position in any field or foremost part"?

a)

vanguard

b)

acquiesce

c)

disheveled

d)

blithe

20.

Which word means "a wasteful person"?

a)

wastrel

b)

profess

c)

respite

d)

contentious