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Vocabulary Workshop 8 - Unit 9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(adj.) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

a)

apt

b)

awry

c)

bludgeon

d)

capitulate

2.

(adj., adv.) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

a)

apt

b)

awry

c)

bludgeon

d)

capitulate

3.

(n.) a short club used as a weapon; (v.) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point

a)

apt

b)

awry

c)

bludgeon

d)

capitulate

4.

(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel

a)

apt

b)

awry

c)

bludgeon

d)

capitulate

5.

(v.) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; (n.) a sore or injury caused by rubbing

a)

chafe

b)

defile

c)

dire

d)

disarming

6.

(v., trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (v., intrans.) to march in a single line or in columns; (n.) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon

a)

chafe

b)

defile

c)

dire

d)

disarming

7.

dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come.

a)

chafe

b)

defile

c)

dire

d)

disarming

8.

(adj.) charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion

a)

chafe

b)

defile

c)

dire

d)

disarming

9.

(adj., part) in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

a)

disgruntled

b)

encroach

c)

endow

d)

fend

10.

(v.) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

a)

disgruntled

b)

encroach

c)

endow

d)

fend

11.

(v.) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

a)

disgruntled

b)

encroach

c)

endow

d)

fend

12.

(v.) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

a)

disgruntled

b)

encroach

c)

endow

d)

fend

13.

freedom from punishment or harm

a)

impunity

b)

mein

c)

penal

d)

pertinent

14.

(n.) air, manner; appearance; expression

a)

impunity

b)

mein

c)

penal

d)

pertinent

15.

having to do with punishment

a)

impunity

b)

mein

c)

penal

d)

pertinent

16.

(adj.) related to the matter at hand, to the point

a)

impunity

b)

mein

c)

penal

d)

pertinent

17.

(adj.) the greatest in strength or power; most common

a)

predominant

b)

prodigy

c)

recluse

d)

renown

18.

(n.) something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent

a)

predominant

b)

prodigy

c)

recluse

d)

renown

19.

(n.) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

a)

predominant

b)

prodigy

c)

recluse

d)

renown

20.

fame, glory

a)

predominant

b)

prodigy

c)

recluse

d)

renown